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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Malta Glass => Topic started by: glassobsessed on January 26, 2015, 05:44:49 PM
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Bought this amethyst Tricorn bottle yesterday and I am very happy with it. 32 cm tall so shortish I guess. I thought it was the first amethyst tricorn I had seen but I reckon Anthony's has amethyst in it too: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,47899.msg301390.html#msg301390
John
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Is this the first "Two-Tone" tricorn?
(Even if it's not the first amethyst.)
Cool. 8) Really cool. 8) 8)
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Is this the first "Two-Tone" tricorn?
Nope. ;)
Lovely piece though.
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So you have a Two-Tone Tricorn too?
piccies, pleeeeeeease?
Here's my One-Tone. But not remotely a "Return Of The Ugly"! ;)
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Yes, I was lucky to be able to bid and win over 30 pieces of Harris period pieces from my local small auction house.
Included in that were three tricorns one of which is two tone, one small example and one that is more standard in appearance.
I am currently working on a light table when it is complete I will be photographing and sharing my whole collection.
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I look forward to that. 8)
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Wow, great colours in this bottle...
Michael
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With light behind it the colour of the bottle turns to a pale brown, even the 'yellow section' - a lot of amethyst from Mdina does that.
I am currently working on a light table when it is complete I will be photographing and sharing my whole collection.
Ooh, can't wait. ;D
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Another item in this rare amethyst colour, this time a small bell vase.
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These look sensational together John, certainly brighten up a Monday morning.
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;D 8) ;D They do "match" and look absolutely stunning together. Better than my 5-cylinder line-up sculpture... :P
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Not the simplest items to photograph, being dark they reflect any light source like a mirror, I tried to back light them to get some light passing through and all I got were silhouettes.
They look to be made from a layer of amethyst with bubbles and presumably silver chloride worked in, then all covered with a much thicker layer of clear.
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:) I've been trying to work out what is going on in my "new" tricorn, which is also rather thick glass with loads of layers. I have concluded that silver chloride must have been added to two layers, not just one. When I can get it strongly back-lit, I get lovely greens appearing from bits of clear amber layers over the deep teal.
Some pieces of glass are just not amenable to 2D images. It's very frustrating!
The inspiration for Aurene may have started directly in your pieces here, John. And like you, I prefer yours. ;D
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Yes there is more than a hint of Aurene about them, you see it too.
The other short Tricorn in my first post has similar layers to yours by the sound of it, here it is backlit and the green streaks show up but there are also purple spots in there that don't.
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Does that one have slightly concave surfaces where it has been marvered? My "new" one does, which makes me strongly suspect there might be some cooling and shrinkage of the air inside happening when the metal is in contact with the marver, meaning the object might require a tiny puff of air to expand it fully again.
I hadn't thought of that before, but it does make sense, to me. ;D
The pale tricorn I showed here does not have concave sides - and there is very little evidence left of the marver rings. It has definitely been puffed after flattening. ;D
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All three tricorns here have that 'feature'. The open end would need to be sealed for cooling air to be the cause. I suspect the glass would cool more rapidly in contact with the marver than the air inside, for what it is worth.
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Another of these split second timing things, where I have not a clue what the maker is actually doing. ;D
But not something I'd thought of before. The "hollow" in the walls does seem to be an earlier feature, and probably is, as you point out, more to do with the outside of the metal cooling and contracting, than the air inside. :)
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Pretty sure I have seen glass blowers stick a thumb over the end of the blowing iron to seal it temporarily. What happens when a round shape is flattened? Presumably the 'centre' is flattened before the outer edges (however short a time scale), not a clue really just thinking out loud.
As requested, the photos of your Tricorn.
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Wonderful, thank-you! This is my "new" one, which John didn't need any more and let me have it. ;D
The tall u-shaped loop of silver salt ochre, which I think is the secod addition of salts, is at the bottom of the third image. 8)
Now you mention it, yes, I've seen makers seal the end of the blowing iron with their thumb, when they take their mouth off it.
I'll have to have a think too.
The round shape would not neccessarily be held by molten metal and so wouldn't "bounce" inwards, I'd have thought. Maybe it's more to do with contraction on the outside because of temperature.
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Love your new bell vase John, had my eye on it too :) Glad it went to a good home. xxx
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Hi Suzy. Do you remember if it was for sale on ebay for long? I hardly ever look any more, sometimes a month can go by before I remember to take a look. I have the feeling I saw it for sale perhaps a week earlier but it did not grab my eye the first time around.
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It had been up for about a week I think, first time out though. The seller has/had some cracking pieces.
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Thanks, good to know it was not a dream!