Topic: Finely frosted blue vase.

[Ekimp]

Not sure of the origins of this type of vase, probably Bohemia? Similar has been discussed here https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,68884.0.html but made a new topic for this to show the frosting.

Looking at the frosted finish, it is a very fine abrasive frosting, it was difficult to show in a photograph. Comparing the finish on the vase to that on my Richardson Vermicular goblet, the finish on the vase looks at least twice as fine. Even the goblet (which I assume was a high end object) looks very finely frosted when under normal viewing.

Vermicular goblet: https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,70755.msg402733.html#msg402733

A Victorian jug with frosting about twice as coarse as the vermicular goblet: https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,73403.0.html

[Ekimp]

Closeup photographs of the frosting. All at 175x magnification.
The blue vase, the vermicular goblet, and the Victorian jug.

[flying free]

I think the shiny areas are where the gilding would have been perhaps.  It looks nicely made. Is it heavy for size?  It looks white on the photos so presume it's very pale blue?

[Ekimp]

Hi, yes, pale blue (I wouldn’t say very pale) but washed out in the photographs. Not heavy for its size, 11 inches tall by the way.

It has the remains of a thin line of gilding around the foot in a shiny area and the crenelated rim is gilded so presumably there was also something in the shiny area at the top of the neck, but it’s long gone.