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Title: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: david31162 on December 16, 2007, 01:22:04 PM

Can anyone help with any information/ ID  for this vase please?
The vase is 30cm high. The pontil mark seems smoothed and reheated-hardly shows. Thanks       
 David
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/david-dj/IMG_2146.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/david-dj/IMG_2147.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/david-dj/IMG_2148.jpg)

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: taylog1 on December 16, 2007, 02:57:35 PM

Excellent piece, congrats  :clap:

I can't positively identify it, but the second picture reminds me of a technique used at Afors, the way that the depth of blue changes - see closeup of detail on an ariel piece

(http://i12.tinypic.com/71vymc5.jpg)

so my guess is Swedish

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: david31162 on December 16, 2007, 07:50:04 PM

Thanks taylog1,
Do you know a good place to look on line for Afors pictures?
David

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: shandiane78 on December 16, 2007, 09:37:25 PM

Ooooo...That looks really nice! I'll look through my Scandinavian glass book and see if I can find anything similar.

Shannon

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: taylog1 on December 17, 2007, 06:59:59 AM

David,

I collect Afors and I've only seen two similar bits - what I meant was that if Afors was using it, then other Scandinavian firms were probably using it also.

(http://i9.tinypic.com/72uav4n.jpg)  (http://i16.tinypic.com/6pjumo6.jpg)

taylog1

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: langhaugh on December 18, 2007, 01:36:40 AM

It looks a little like a Leerdam Unica vase. Anyone know Leerdam better than me (a very broad category of people, I should add)?

David

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: david31162 on January 18, 2008, 11:36:29 PM

Thank you all for your ideas. I have been searching for weeks now but have found nothing any close, other than colour and shape.
Does anyone know of anything else that has such large graduated bubbles? They are over 2cm tall at the top.
David

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: RAY on January 19, 2008, 12:18:38 AM

looks like kraca if thats how you spell it by orrefors

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: langhaugh on January 19, 2008, 07:23:56 AM

I thought I had seen a Leerdam graal piece like this (I think it's graal rather than kraka), but I've never been able to find it again.

Not much help. Sorry.

David

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: david31162 on January 19, 2008, 06:28:41 PM

Thanks Langhaugh and Ray,
You may well be right, I can only find a tiny thumb nail image of a similarly bubbled Leerdam bowl. However it is, like most Ive seen , made of a much thicker glass than mine.
David

Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: langhaugh on January 21, 2008, 05:40:26 AM

David: I think this is the Leerdam vase I was thinking about. Not exactly the same, but some strong similarities. It's at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180123917217

David


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Title: Re: Large blue controlled bubble vase
Post by: david31162 on January 27, 2008, 04:52:53 PM

Here is another one  - does the colour give any more help for identification?

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/pkay6/Large_Controlled_Bubbles_Vase.jpg
David