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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Frank on May 20, 2005, 08:10:31 PM
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Svazzo kicked off an interesting thread for the Murano forum and I thought it might be interesting to do the same here without the regional restriction.
This is not a competition and not about showing off the best in glass, after all a personal favourite could be a childhood jam jar.
You can show several pieces if you wish and please keep the size of images showing within the message to 250 pixels by 2500 pixels maximum. Larger pics should be put on a hostng service such as Tinypic and just the URL added here.
I will kick of with my favourite Ysart piece - The Vincent Ysart vase. The attachment to this piece is somewhat emotional as I bought it from the widow of Vincent Ysart who had made it especially for her.
(http://www.ysartglass.com/Vascat/Images/Vase021.jpg) (http://www.ysartglass.com/Ysart/YsartSpecial2.htm)
Click on the image for more views.
My favourite ink bottle
(http://www.ysartglass.com/Moncrieff/Images/Moncinkshear04.jpg)
This is an unusual shape and it took me a very long time to track an example down.
I will add some of my other favourites later.
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I agree with Frank. That vase socked me one when I saw it and held it. It is easily the most instantly recognisable one-off piece of glass I know, made for love, nothing else, and never repeated. One strange feature of it is that it is a lot smaller than I had expected, like the surviving fragments of the Morrison tazza in Broadfield House (see Hajdamach). If you are fortunate enough to see this vase you will never forget it — it is stunning.
Two rather ordinary pieces of glass are rather special to me. One is the engraved cup which my brother Andrew won at the Midlands Classic Bike Show in 1996 for the best restoration of a special. I was given this after his untimely death five years later, when he was killed by a Tesco lorry pulling out of a side turning on to the Chester Road without properly checking for oncoming traffic, leaving him with nowhere to go. The other is a simple early blown Jobling Pyrex tumbler with a slightly flared rim in an elegant EPNS holder, which Janet's mother always used for her nightcap.
I think my favourite piece of glass in stock, which I would be rather distressed to sell, is my purple ribbon cloud 278 and holder. This is by far the most spectacular and interesting example of cloud glass I have ever seen, and, with Adam's invaluable assistance (although not necessarily his wholehearted agreement), enabled me to work out most of how and why ribbon cloud glass was made. I use the term ribbon cloud with some hesitation, as to my knowledge it is not yet proven that Davidson used the term cloud glass for it.
What is interesting is that the process enabled Davidson's glassmakers to make just one at any time, unlike conventional cloud glass where the process favoured making a run of glass in that cloud colour combination. Unfortunately the problem of how the spiral of amethyst glass was made is still unresolved. Three possibilities are from rod, trailing a spiral on the marver, and moulding using a pincer-type tool (compare Hajdamach plate 284 and the text immediately below).
This 278 made me much more interested in cloud glass generally. Subsequently I have recognised two 279s made with two distinctive gathers; a clear first one followed by a cloud second. Also I found an Ora 279 made from amber cloud, not the more usual purple cloud, and now I always look closely at Ora to see if it is possible to determine which colour was used as the base. This also raises the possibility that some (or all) examples of tortoiseshell are just Ora with the paint stripped off.
I like and am fascinated by puzzles. Bernard C. 8)
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This has proven more difficult than I expected, I have been looking at all of my glass and trying to pick another favourite :? it i almost impossible as lots of them have that category. I have had to sel a lot of glass in the past two years and that had the benefit of weeding out all of my 'less than favourites' Now I am left with favourites....
However, I have one group that is definitely a big favourite and that is my Lindean Mill graal pieces
Click on images: LINK(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/6ffb501839bd0644c26381b78ef6b910.jpg)(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/91278e20079906901a5249e11c82adbf.jpg)(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/4333cdeab55ab3296e9f17ee0f6cf7d8.jpg) (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?keyword=kaplan+graal+andrews&Search=Search&Itemid=51&option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse)
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I think my favourite piece of glass in stock, which I would be rather distressed to sell, is my purple ribbon cloud 278 and holder. This is by far the most spectacular and interesting example of cloud glass I have ever seen, and, with Adam's invaluable assistance (although not necessarily his wholehearted agreement), enabled me to work out most of how and why ribbon cloud glass was made. I use the term ribbon cloud with some hesitation, as to my knowledge it is not yet proven that Davidson used the term cloud glass for it.
. Bernard C. 8)
Good morning Bernard
Do you have a photograph of the 278 as I would be interested to see it.
I have the same vase in blue and with, I am assuming from your description, the same ribbon trailing. I have noticed with other pieces of cloud glass that the "pattern" ( as it is random or perhaps not ) can be quite distinctive depending upon the shape of the piece. With the latter this may probably be nothing more than physics and the dynamics involved in the process... Do you have a reasonably short explanation from Adam regarding the ribbon trailing that you could post here??
regards
Gareth
Morgan48
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This really gives one pause to reflect on what makes something a favorite. That got me to thinking, what piece have I had for a long time and still would not give up. Then it came to me. http://tinypic.com/5akx93 This is an Orient and Flume vase 9.5 inches tall. I saw it in a jewelry store and must admit, drooled everytime I laid eyes on it. One day the store had a large sale and even though on sale, still rather expensive, but being in the right place, right time and a certain amount of lust I knew I must have it. It still captivates me and if left with just one piece, this would probably be it. Terry
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These are my favourite pieces of glass, not necessarily the most valuable. They were all bought from the same seller at a car boot sale for about £3 to £4 each a couple of years ago. They had been in the seller's family since the sixties. I regret not buying a large 5th vase which was a cylinder shape, because I was loaded up a bit like a pack horse and the shape didn't excite me quite as much. Two of them still have their original gold foil label " Made in Italy". I just love the shape and colour. I presume they were all made by the same glass company as they are identical in colour - and all approx. 12/13" high. I particularly like the bottle shape vase which reminds me of Holmegaard pieces. I don't know who the maker actually was, so if anyone knows...
Best wishes - Anne.
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Bernard said: This 278 made me much more interested in cloud glass generally. Subsequently I have recognised two 279s made with two distinctive gathers; a clear first one followed by a cloud second. Also I found an Ora 279 made from amber cloud
:( That could be Martian language for all the sense it makes to me. :(
Bernard? Could you possibly put a photo of at least the alluring sounding ribbon cloud glass on here? I've never really liked cloud glass, but this 'individual' ribbon cloud pieces sound like they might be interesting! :D :( :) :(
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Hi Frank,
I thought that I would join this game. What I find is that my favourite piece tends to change over time. At the moment I like my most recent addition to my collection of Schneider-Le Verre Francais
http://www.schneiderglass.com/gallery/items/?i=227
My favourite in the gallery would be
http://www.schneiderglass.com/gallery/items/?i=156
Robert
www.schneiderglass.com
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my favourite piece tends to change over time. At the moment I like my most recent addition to my collection
Me too! :shock: So I suppose one of my favourites at the moment is my Layton 'Spirale' vase. http://tinypic.com/5bem3a
However, I still think my all-time favourite has to be my Clichy paperweight :D http://tinypic.com/5bel5i I could sit and look at it through a magnifier for hours at a time :roll:
Talk about extremes! :lol: :roll: :wink:
Leni
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My favorite isn't anything all that special, but a very good friend of mine does lamp work and other glass crafts. She often buys junky glass at garage sales and makes something else out of it. One of her specialties is making miniature glass dishes, which she sells to stores who sell doll houses and supplies for that hobby.
She purchased a broken piece of Fenton Burmese glass and somehow made a number of those miniature items from that.
This is a piece she gave me.
http://tinypic.com/5bemfs
Mike
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:D Hello everybody, mine have proved very difficult to photograph! Actually, I think my favourite is my Allister Malcolm, bought at the Cambridge fair, but which is still in London. It has to be said, my favourite does change quite often, but here are three of the best.
This is HUGE, 22.25 inches tall. It's new and by an artist called Phil Atrill. It's called a distortion vase, and it has a very fine spiral of brown around the outside, with contour-like lines running from top to bottom in a bluish-white inside the vase, as well as the colours of blue, khaki and yellow in the body. It casts really wierd shadows.
http://tinypic.com/5bo9p3
http://tinypic.com/5bo9rb
http://tinypic.com/5boa3s
http://tinypic.com/5boa6g
This next piece is an Isle of Wight Studio Glass blue azurine axehead, again, pretty huge, 10.25 inches high, the same wide.
http://tinypic.com/5boabo
http://tinypic.com/5boad2
The last piece does not photograph well, it's too dark and you need to see the light coming through it to appreciate the patterns in the glass. It's Mdina, but quite an unusual piece. I really love it. :D
http://tinypic.com/5bobp2
http://tinypic.com/5bobr5
TTFN, Sue.
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This is easy!
My favorite is this lady, who although has a broken and re-stuck base, is wonderful.
I think she might be Murano, but the best bit is, if she was life size her derriere would be bigger than mine!!!! : :lol:
http://tinypic.com/5bwxlu
http://tinypic.com/5bww3c
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the best bit is, if she was life size her derriere would be bigger than mine!!!! : :lol:
And for the generous proportions of her derriere, as well as the fact that she really is quite superb, I love her too! :lol: :roll:
Leni (supporting the praise of generously proportioned derrieres - those who know me know why :lol: :wink: )
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:D 8) She is very elegant indeed Barbara, especially her derriere, it's her tiny and long waist that leaves me a bit depressed! :cry: I just wish women of gnomic proportions were considered "de rigour"!
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I'm so pleased that you like her too, I bought her at auction about 3 years ago. I know it was only beause she was damaged that I managed to afford her.
She looks quite Art Deco but I don't know if she is. She lives on my bathroom window sill on a little plate, so she doesn't touch the tiles.
Sue, don't worry, we all know the best things are in little parcels :D
Leni, its not so much the size of mine, its the shape.... shelf-like :roll:
It keeps the rain off the kids :lol:
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Another favourite.
http://www.schneiderglass.com/gallery/items/?i=174
Robert H
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Hi all
http://tinypic.com/5d1i8j
It has been quite fascinating to see the various "my favourite" piece and I do agree with the many who expressed how difficult, if not nigh on impossible, it is to elect one piece to the place of honour. There are so many that have their own quality and therefore qualify but without the slightest possibility of finding any common ground to compare others with.... the only link being that they are made of glass.
Anyway I have long loved what I call the "ginger jar" shape.... it is very simple but to me both elegant and very tactile...with it resting on the table I love rubbing both hands around it.... and no ... dont do there :roll: :wink:
Attached are 3 of the same shape Walther Lotos vases in very rare cloud combinations...
From left to right they are :- violet cloud on amber/ orange cloud over tinted green uranium/ and red cloud over plain frosted
.....elsewhere I have another 5.... I think I can feel an obsession coming on here.....just as well they are not at all common.
I also have a beautiful pair of Monart FA vases which are similar in shape but to my embarrassment they are currently in my sisters loft :oops: ...long story and boring....I must go and get them back.
I suppose also like others I could just have easily selected something else that does not look remotely like the ones posted.... but thats the other beauty of glass...the sheer immense diversity.
regards
Gareth
Morgan48
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:D :D :D Lovely, Gareth! Also the plinths set them off beautifully. I've never seen vases like these before, and did not realise how fabulous cloud glass could be!
Cheers, Sue.
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They are great Gareth.
I like FA too :P (my initials)
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Hi folks,
I think that a "favourite" could be applied more easily if we were considering various categories of glassware, but that could end up with hundreds of choices. So here's my single "favourite" item from all of my pieces:
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11096
It's my favourite not 'cause it's good or anything, but just 'cause I made it - with a little (or a lot) of help from my tutor on the day. This wonderful "vessel" is also featured in another message, such is its versatility.
:D
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http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11096 :!:
It's my favourite not 'cause it's good or anything, but just 'cause I made it - with a little (or a lot) of help from my tutor on the day. This wonderful "vessel" is also featured in another message, such is its versatility.
:D
Wow - I'm really impressed Kev! I wish I had chosen to do glassmaking instead of piff-paff-paffing about with textiles and ceramics in my student days! :mrgreen: It must be a great feeling producing your own piece of glass. I have trouble blowing a balloon up these days! :wink:
Anne.
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I have trouble blowing a balloon up these days! :wink:
Anne.
Anne
A light smattering of TNT on your cornflakes will certainly sort that one out fot you ...dont overdo it though as the consequences could be quite messy :roll: :wink:
Gareth
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Well done Kevin, not just for the example, but also for having linked the two threads of opposites... Hmm... if we had rules I think you probably just broke them - thank chaos for anarchy :)
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Bernard, Anne EB, Kev, Sue, Barb, Mike and Leni
As you can see, all the Tinypics have vanished from this thread. Do any of you have photographs to match your contributions? If so, could you append these to new posts, and I'll restore them.
Thanks, everyone!
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Is it just me ,i have never been up early enough to see a tinypic . :sleep: :huh: they have always gone. :-[
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This has proven more difficult than I expected, I have been looking at all of my glass and trying to pick another favourite :? it i almost impossible as lots of them have that category. I have had to sel a lot of glass in the past two years and that had the benefit of weeding out all of my 'less than favourites' Now I am left with favourites....
However, I have one group that is definitely a big favourite and that is my Lindean Mill graal pieces http://www.ysartglass.com/Frank/LindeanMill.htm
Can the link be updated to this one please: Click on images: LINK(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/6ffb501839bd0644c26381b78ef6b910.jpg)(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/91278e20079906901a5249e11c82adbf.jpg)(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/4333cdeab55ab3296e9f17ee0f6cf7d8.jpg) (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?keyword=kaplan+graal+andrews&Search=Search&Itemid=51&option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse)
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Here's my original image - Italian red vases.
Can I sneak in two of my current faves? >:D A heavy, as yet unidentified beak vase, thought most likely to be Swedish, and a Frantisek Vizner bowl.
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:)
Isle of Wight Studio Glass blue Azurene fish.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/Azfish2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/Azfish1.jpg
I think the Mdina bowl I was referring to was this one, on the left. It's next to a "normal" Chinese key bowl.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/twokeys2.jpg
I need to get the camera put on a different setting to retake the Phil Atrill - it's too big for macro. Michael's been fiddling with it. ::)
(I've not forgotten :o you need a pic. of my Siddy Langley too, Anne :-*)
I do need to add these two pieces to the title of this thread, though - I didn't have them then.
All of 3.75" tall. Glorious! I don't just fondle it, I cuddle it.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/preciousbabyfish1.jpg
This is big and gorgeous, 17.5" tall.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/strappedclub2.jpg
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Cathy, my missing pic is now at:
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11096
(I did not update this myself in the thread as I thought it would be tidier for you to note it here. But I might try to find the other message I referenced and see if the pic is also missing from there.)