Topic: Cut-Glass, Lead Crystal Vase - can somebody help?

[buddybutweiser]

Hello everyone, i know many new users keep popping the same old question to you but i was hoping somebody could offer me some advice on my inherited lead crystal vase.
All i know about it is that it was given to my grandfather about 40 or 50 years ago.
Sadly he passed away over 10 years ago but just before he died he gave it to me and told me to look after it as it will be valuable.
when i received it there was a gold oval sticker on it with the makers name on and the %of lead. Unfourtanatly it has been lost over the years. It stands 9" tall and is 5" in diameter. It is also very heavy.
Like i said before i know its a long shot but just maybe somebody may be able to tell me something about it.
          Many thanks in advance

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[pamela]

welcome to the board buddy! Could be helpful to know where you are situated please!
 

[buddybutweiser]

Thanks for the welcome Pamela, I live in the West Midlands, United Kingdom

[pamela]

good to know, buddybutweiser! I am sure someone here will be of help with your beauty! Already now I may say, it is NOT continental European - good luck!

[buddybutweiser]

Sorry for being Naive but is it a good thing it not been continental European 

[Frank]

Just the process of elimination... ID ing cut patterns can be tricky... as skills spread globally.

[David E]

Always the possibility it's Stourbridge as you're in the West Midlands (like me), but it really needs a cut-glass expert here.

[buddybutweiser]

Many thanks, are there many cut glass experts on this forum? If not can anyone recomend a place for me to take it to be looked at?

[Anne]

The foot looks interesting - can you post a photo of the pattern on that please? 

The pattern looks like a daisy and button type pattern, which is often seen as pressed glass.  The shield shapes are seen on many cut patterns. Thinking out loud here, I'm wondering if it's a hybrid of pressed and cut glass, if that's possible?

Have you checked the base for an acid etched mark? Sometimes these are feint and hard to see, especially where the base has been cut, but if you look closely using a magnifier in good light you may spot something - even if it's only a part-mark it may offer a clue.

It might also be helpful if we modify the subject of the thread for you to attract the attention of the cut glass people?

[Glassic]

I'm no expert, but would guess 30% lead. Can you put a color on that label and are you sure it was oval?
A label does not eliminate a mark on the base,  have you given it a really good look over?