Topic: Sommerso Glass Vase

[Ladydanger]

Hi Everyone,

I have this beautiful vase, I think it's Italian. Im quite a glass noob, but I noticed at the opening of the vase (on the inside) it feels a bit sharp and looks not very smooth. Is this damage or is this normal and caused by cutting the glass when it was made?

Would love to know your thoughts

[Wayne]

In my experience it's quite common to find little nicks like this to the inside rim of narrow stem vases. It most likely occurs when the top is ground flat. If the top was wider then they might give it a bevelled edge to remove the nicks, but I guess there's not much room to do that on these narrow vases. If you think about it, it would be quite difficult for damage to occur there by accident. To the outside rim, sure, but the inside would be quite hard to knock against something.

[chopin-liszt]

Confession time. I have done this to the inner neck rim of a glass vase, poking things into it to try to clean a cruddy bottom.
I levered against the sharp cut edge, and knocked bits out of it.
I haven't done that to anything else since. I was horrified at myself.

[Ladydanger]

In my experience it's quite common to find little nicks like this to the inside rim of narrow stem vases. It most likely occurs when the top is ground flat. If the top was wider then they might give it a bevelled edge to remove the nicks, but I guess there's not much room to do that on these narrow vases. If you think about it, it would be quite difficult for damage to occur there by accident. To the outside rim, sure, but the inside would be quite hard to knock against something.

Thank you so much for the reply, very helpful. I also thought it would be hard to damage it from the inside. Although Sue's story sounds like something I could have done 

[Ladydanger]

Confession time. I have done this to the inner neck rim of a glass vase, poking things into it to try to clean a cruddy bottom.
I levered against the sharp cut edge, and knocked bits out of it.
I haven't done that to anything else since. I was horrified at myself.

Oh no! Thanks for sharing! Those things happen to the best of us, I can imagine it was a hard lesson...

[chopin-liszt]

I cried. It was a very heavy clear vase, carefully brought home from Holland in our hand luggage. I ruined it. The chips show. 
But I learned my lesson. Do not use a knife to poke at the bottom of anything.
If you must, try using something wooden or plastic. 

[ardy]

Regardless of the neck issue. the sommerso effect is well done. Not a rare piece of glass but well worth holding onto.