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Author Topic: Glass vase with "bones"  (Read 416 times)

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Offline Lapimano

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Re: Glass vase with "bones"
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2024, 10:56:28 PM »
Is the slight green color an indicator that it was made from recycled glass? (Beer and wine bottles?)

I tried to make better photos from the base: it is not entirely flat, there is an indentation slightly in the middle, and not very visible but there is some, but only a very little broken surface there. The surface in the crater is also very grainy. Not polished at all.
Not a typical broken pontil mark.

I'm not an expert, but I would imagine this was blown, since the little bones become elongated closer to the top rim, and I think that is because the glass was stretched when it was formed.

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Re: Glass vase with "bones"
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2024, 01:00:36 PM »
It is called a sand pontil, when the pipe is dipped in sand and comes loose at a single tap, no finishing needed. Used on heavier pieces.

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Re: Glass vase with "bones"
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2024, 03:39:09 PM »
I would imagine this was blown, since the little bones become elongated closer to the top rim, and I think that is because the glass was stretched when it was formed.
It would’ve been blown into a mould to form the basic shape and the vertical ribs, then they attached a pontil rod to the bottom to be able to apply the decoration and shape/expand the rim etc.
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