Topic: "GEORGIAN BRISTOL BLUE GLASS RIBBED BULLSEYE HYACINTH VASE"

[ju1i3]

I bought this recently on ebay, it was described as a "GEORGIAN BRISTOL BLUE GLASS RIBBED BULLSEYE HYACINTH VASE". I'm curious what makes it "bullseye" and is that an accurate description? Is "Georgian" an accurate age?

thanks

[thewingedsphinx]

Certainly an unusual hyacinth vase, the ground pontil base shows a lot of wear and could well be in the ballpark for the Georgian Regency era.
I think it’s pretty good one.

[Ekimp]

I don’t think that’s a ground pontil mark on the base, it has concentric circle marks and looks more like a moulded finish if it was a moulded blank that was cut, or the tool marks if it was blown from the top without using a pontil rod. It is the area around the concave base that has been cut and polished, a bit like the opposite of a ground polished pontil mark.

It looks more like a 20th century Hoffman/Moser type of thing to me. Also reminded me of this http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,68523.0.html

Nice vase though.

When they say “bullseye”, presumably they were referring to the mark on the bottom being equivalent to the pontil mark on bullseye windowpanes.