Glass Message Board
Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: dirk. on July 16, 2008, 07:00:33 PM
-
Hello!
Found this little vase on a car boot sale last weekend and simply couldn´t
leave it amongst the other 50 cent stuff.
I´ve been searching for some time, or at least been trying, but for being
rather new to glass or the internet, my results where - none.
The vase is green to torquoise with a slightly iridescent surface.
The mark seems to be printed.
height is 78mm resp.
3.5"
Any information is welcome - hope, my lack of knowledge doesn´t bother
anyone here!
TIA
Dirk
-
3 lions are usually associated with Jersey or Guernsey (forget which) but I suspect these are unrelated. It may be a town crest.
It looks a bit like a reproduction of ancient glass.
Searching for a coat of arms might find the arms.
-
Thanks, Frank!
Good hint. 3 lions are actually associated with both.
You can even find Fher as a surname there - might still
be an abbr. aswell!
-
The Guernsey lions are usually rather different with a full head, no neck visible and the front end of the body low to the ground. But the ones on the vase could, I suppose, be very stylised versions.
-
They look more like black panthers to me.
-
Panthers have smooth tails.
Good ebay image of the Guernsey Glass (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lovely-Geurnsey-glass-vase_W0QQitemZ110269664136QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110269664136&_trksid=p3911.m14.l1318) mark
-
that´s a good match i think
thanks again!
what a nice board - a lot to learn!
-
It is similar but yours is unlikely to be Guernsey Glass. Who unfortunately no longer exist.
-
For a good version of the Lions coat of arms of Guersney (and Jersey and Sark) check out this page in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_the_United_Kingdom,_the_Channel_Islands_and_the_Isle_of_Man). Scroll down a bit when you get there.
Note that the Guernsey and Jersey lions have the "full head, no neck" I mentioned earlier. Replicating that emblem as a glass prunt mark will clearly show differences. The image for the ebay example mentioned shows a good impression but the head is just a "lump" and the tails all end to the rear instead of two ending further into the body. Three examples I have are a) almost invisible, b) and c) fairly clear in part but with thinner legs and tail - but are much the same as the ebay one.
In dirk's 3 Lions, the animals are not low to the ground, the heads are entirely different and there is a thick neck. But it might still be a version of the Guernsey or Jersey ones, although I feel it's unlikely.
-
Another information popping up after years. Obviously Fher was a pharmaceutical company located
in Mainz - not a producer - and this was a giveaway.
I´ve tried to track them down, but it seems they no longer exist...
ebay (http://www.ebay.de/itm/FHER-Glas-aus-romischer-Zeit-kleine-Amphore-Vase-Hohe-8-9cm-K91-5-/360969049658?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item540b6e963a)
-
Nice result. Might not be to hard to find the maker as probably German. As museums sell a lot of these sort of repros they might be able to help too.
-
I found two dates of FHER registering pharmaceuticals:
1961 (Nyxanthan and Masigel)
1968 (Laxonalin)
Whilst these products won't help to find the manufacturer of your item, it may be an indication of the time frame to look at.
-
Obviously Fher was a pharmaceutical company located
in Mainz
Hmm, Fhermaceuticals, I presume? ;D
-
Thank you guys. :)
Mainz BTW has a long history with roman influences also. Bet there´s a lot roman glass in their museums, too.
Finding out the maker however might become an undertaking with efforts surpassing the object´s significance.
;)