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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Sue C on July 22, 2007, 03:37:04 PM

Title: Made in Japan
Post by: Sue C on July 22, 2007, 03:37:04 PM

What do you know, son brought this home for me today
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8000
But it was the lable i was supprised by!!
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7999
I know it's not conclusive proof of origin as i did see one some time ago with a made in china lable, so is the lable original?

Title: Re: Made in Japan
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 22, 2007, 04:15:50 PM

I saw this exact vase yesterday and thought it looked old - the colour of the glass, crudity of manufacture, etc. I think the label looks new and not what I would expect of vintage Japanese ware. It also looks like it might have been peeled up from one edge. Most old Japanese stuff just seems to say Foreign. I would guess 1930s Chinese and made by a home worker for a larger company, like I believe many of the paperweights were. Did the post-War Japanese glass industry have out workers?

You can all shoot me down now :-\