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Some very pretty Victorian embellished pieces

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josordoni:

--- Quote from: "Leni" ---Fascinating!  :shock:  Thanks for showing us  :D

I'd agree, the first doesn't look English to me, but I'm not sure about the second one either.  Also, it has a 'later' look to me   :?  And are the top edges cut and ground rather than fire polished?  I'm not sure it's Stourbridge, or maybe it's not Victorian - maybe one or the other?  I'm really unsure about it!  


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Both these first two are cut and ground, quite flat. The thorn (#2) base has distinct shear marks along the sides, these carry down from the casing on the vase sections - the opal is flashed to the inside.  No mould lines on any of them anywhere that I can see.  I did wonder whether the base shape on #1 might throw some light on the origin.

josordoni:

--- Quote from: "heartofglass" ---Hi Lynne,
nice selection of items, my kind of gear....& Leni's too, I bet! :D
Okay, number 1 vase is probably Kralik, C.1900s...they are more known for these pieces in iridised as you said, but why wouldn't they make some non-iridised items, too? At least you can be sure that it is Bohemian, & definitely not English. I'm 99 percent sure it's Kralik....the flower on this is SO Kralik.
Number 2 vase....this is a bit more ambiguous.It does seem English, but these ones are usually yellow vaseline & don't have different coloured leaf trails. It's the colour scheme & leaf trail that actually make me lean more towards Bohemian C.1890s-1900s for this one. There's just something about it that doesn't seem quite convincingly English.
Lovely thing it is where-ever it hails from! :)
Last vase.....now this one looks English to me for some indefinable reason, perhaps it's the relatively simple shape. C.1880s-1900.Nice colour even if it doesn't glow. There's plenty of j.i.p vase collectors out there that would like it anyway.
BTW did you know that there is some vaseline that doesn't glow? It can only be detected via a geiger counter.
Hope this has helped a little bit!
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Marinka, that is so very helpful.  Thanks all of you, I am very grateful.

Only two more box fulls to go....I'll pop them up as I go so you can all have a gander.

heartofglass:
One more thing,
cut & ground tops are traditionally thought to indicate Bohemian origin.
(I'm sure English makers did them too, at times.)
Looking forward to seeing more of your box-fulls of glass! :)
Happy to be of assistance. :)

Lustrousstone:
I wouldn't have any scruples about splitting pairs if they are only two of BUT I wouldn't split proper pairs, i.e., where they are mirror images and I would make sure I pointed this out. I have a pair of very simple creamy coloured uranium ribbed glass vases with a spray of flowers in mirror image. Got them for a song because of poor photo and lack of seller knowledge. I suspect you might get more for two if you split them and one is damaged because you have two markets - the near perfects (what would I do with a damaged one!!) - and the Leni and I's of this world who are happy with some damage because we don't have to pay so much for something we just want to enjoy.

josordoni:

--- Quote from: "Lustrousstone" ---I wouldn't have any scruples about splitting pairs if they are only two of BUT I wouldn't split proper pairs, i.e., where they are mirror images and I would make sure I pointed this out. I have a pair of very simple creamy coloured uranium ribbed glass vases with a spray of flowers in mirror image. Got them for a song because of poor photo and lack of seller knowledge. I suspect you might get more for two if you split them and one is damaged because you have two markets - the near perfects (what would I do with a damaged one!!) - and the Leni and I's of this world who are happy with some damage because we don't have to pay so much for something we just want to enjoy.
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That is my suspicion as well, I think it will put off the near perfects completely, who won't want to pay postage for something they will probably chuck out.

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