Topic: Possible Eisglas posy vases.

[flying free]

These were finally made mine and I love them.

I think I have an id - that they are probably part of the same set as this 'MUSCHELSCHALE AUS EISGLAS' bowl - or at least made by the same maker (i.e. Neuwelt - Harrach ) and date to around 1860. 

http://www.auctions-fischer.de/catalogues/online-catalogues/219-european-glass-and-studio-glass.html?L=1&kategorie=102&artikel=36571&L=1&cHash=7be6f6d804

this link shows a very good close up
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/18081483_muschelschale-aus-eisglas

mine pictured below with goblet
They are used at Christmas in our house
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[keith]

Like those, might this be a close relative ? 

[flying free]

It might It's difficult to tell, but if it were mine I'd plump for Bohemian over French for yours (don't ask me to explain why though).
The knop on the stem of your bowl is different to the salts and goblet however that doesn't mean it's not Harrach.  It could be Harrach.  Perhaps a different 'design' or 'range'.  But it might also be Josephinenhutte maybe ? although I don't know if they produced crackle/overshot glass.
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[keith]

It was just the similar hollow foot that made me think they may have come from the same place,

[flying free]

yes I see what you mean
There are some Harrach overshot glass photographs somewhere that show some of their pieces.
It's very hard to determine these and I end up going by gut instinct for searching at first. 
My instinct in the end on mine was that they are 'masculine', therefore I start with Bohemian 
I think of French glass as being feminine.  I can't even begin to explain that feeling but it seems to work for me.
I can't access the Clichy book any more and I didn't buy it when I had the chance, but I think the French overshot glass is a bit more 'refined' somehow.  Not that my pieces aren't refined but there is a difference somewhere along the way 

There is a goblet in the Harrach book page 175 that has a gilded join that isn't as pronounced as that on my goblet.  It's more like the depth of the gilded band on your compote.  It dates to c.1865
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[keith]

Thanks m, I shall have to get that Harrach book you mentioned, 

[flying free]

it's a fabulous book - huge with loads of fabulous glass.  I thought it was well worth it.
( but still not enough in it of course )
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[flying free]

Eisglas in use on table along with a set of Rheinische Glashütten AG Köln-Ehrenfeld airtwist glasses.

Nautilus shells used for salt and pepper and leaf dish for cranberry sauce.

Nice to think it's been used for over 150 years