Topic: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi

[Andy]

Nicely made vase, no marks or signature, 10inch high, Sommerso effect purple with a lemony opalescent opaque centre. The flash photo gave an amazing blue, which was a surprise! maybe some uranium in it?
Probably Bohemian or Murano. Any ideas?? I havent seen a similar one.
Cheers Andy

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3926
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3924
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3925

[David E]

You won't get a blue tinge through uranium. Bright green leading towards yellow is the norm.

Not Neodymium is it? I doubt it, but does it change colour between daylight and fluorescent light?

[Andy]

Hi DenCill,
 thanks, ive been googling, could be a mixture of Alexandrite/Neodymium/Vaseline, ive found descriptions of similar colours, no good pictures though. im wondering whether its mid 20th C Moser?
The Sommerso effect is quite impresive!

[wrightoutlook]

Wherever it was made or by whom, it is a very interesting, very striking vase.

[Andy]

I think it was less than £20 on ebay, and will be staying on my shelf!

[Andy]

Just thought id bump this one up again, its one of my favourites!

The outside is clear, theres a sommerso effect of two! shades of purple,and then the centre is
a lemony yellow, changing to an opalescent blue depending on the light,
from the top it looks like lips, i think its 50s 60s, polished base make me think Bohemian,
i just cannot find anything similar in all my books!
Why dont people sign their work!!
Any ideas welcome!
And im not selling it!
Andy
 

[Pinkspoons]

Angela's wonderful site explains the creation of the yellow/blue phenomena in opalescent glass here:

The Glass Encyclopaedia

I've one or two bits & bobs of opalescent glass, and they all have the same effect.

[Sklounion]

Andy,
Nothing similar in the Moser book by Mergl, and stylistically wrong for them, in the time frame you suggest. For that period, it would carry the mark, except where that work was produced in the wake of the absorption of the Mstisov workforce, but would carry a label. Likewise this does not bear great similarities to that production.

As to why people don't sign their work..... most probably, because in certain factories, off-hand work, such as this piece, is produced in vast quantities. For example, masses of glass from Chribska is labelled as it leaves the factory, label disappears, and item arrives on eBay as Murano In twenty years time people will be asking the same questions about glass from LSA or Indonesia. PS...... Now is the time to be collecting those product catalogues 

Regards,

Le Casson

[Andy]

Thanks guys,
off course it may be 1930s or 1970s, the style makes me think Italy, but the polished
base has a little ground and polished edge to it, like my Skrdlovice and other Bohemian stuff,
although looking at it , maybe it was repaired to remove some little chips!
And i think if it was Scandinavian, it would be signed.
Hopefully i will see another one like it somewhere , one day!
No hurry.
Regards Andy

[Andy]

A Year has gone by, i thought id bump this one up again with new larger photos,
still no closer, flat base, and bevelled edge make me think Bohemian
Any ideas??
Cheers, Andy

(photos 1 and 4 under flash, now got u/v light, slight glow, but not alot,maybe tiny
bit of Uranium, and neomydium?)