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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Tigerchips on February 17, 2008, 10:48:49 PM
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Nice big bowl for you. ;D
I wonder if the base is original? I love the way they've worked the glass to make eight grooves around the top of the rim. Also, the quality seems good and it rings like a bell. It's white on the outside but a sort of light green on the inside. The rim is black but fades to brown then light green. When held up to the light it shows a red colour. It's 11 inches diameter so quite big.
It seems to have a nicely polished pontil despite the fact that you can't see the pontil when the base is on. 8)
Any ideas?
Thanks Tony.
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Pics of the base bottom will help.
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I think i've changed my mind about the polished pontil, it may have been nicely snapped off. I'll let you decide.
Here's a pic of the metal base. It's very tinny and not very heavy or thick. There's a lot of rust on the bolt too.
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The base will date from 1930s to 50s
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Perhaps Art Deco then... would you say that was an art deco decoration around the rim? The stripes usually come in three's when it's art deco though.
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As far as the metalwork is concerned, not Art Deco, similar designs would be found much earlier but made in a different way.
No idea on the glass.
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No i didn't think the base was Art Deco. I wonder if it's been part of a larger centrepiece? It appears as if the base has either been ground flat or has been stored without it's base as there is a flat area around the pontil.
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It looks like the base of an epergne set married to a much later metal stand. Does the light green have the uranium factor, probably not but...
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No uranium content. :)