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Title: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Sue C on September 25, 2008, 04:11:13 PM
This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on September 25, 2008, 05:12:08 PM
Hi

I have seen the vase at fairs many times in different colurs and I believe the maker is still unknown

Roy
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Pip on September 25, 2008, 08:41:48 PM
Quote from: Sue C on September 25, 2008, 04:11:13 PM
This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??

Where did you last leave it?  ;D .... IGMC
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: antiquerose123 on September 26, 2008, 04:05:07 AM
Gorgeous  :hiclp:
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: krsilber on September 26, 2008, 04:36:04 AM
Very nice piece!

I have to ask - what's "IGMC"?
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Sklounion on September 26, 2008, 06:20:36 AM
IGMC = "I'll get my coat."
Regards,
Marcus
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Sue C on September 26, 2008, 08:18:53 AM
Quote from: Pip on September 25, 2008, 08:41:48 PM
Quote from: Sue C on September 25, 2008, 04:11:13 PM
This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??

Where did you last leave it?  ;D .... IGMC
Doh !! i could have worded that better, it is beautiful, there is a tiny chip to the rim, but i love it!
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Mosquito on September 26, 2008, 04:55:21 PM
Still unknown as far as I'm aware. It's a good looking vase but the design is quite derivative, it seems to be a marriage of elements from Sabino's 7009 'La Danse' (aka La Danse et Colombes) and Lalique's 'Danaides' patterns. It is often described as Czech but I've seen no evidence for this.
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Sue C on September 26, 2008, 05:24:03 PM
Funny you should say that, my first instinct was Czech, and they have rather manly features?
Title: Re: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE
Post by: Mosquito on November 23, 2010, 01:35:48 PM
Reviving this as I've noticed that on plate 417, p. 198 of Hajdamach's 20th Century British Glass there's an example of this vase attributed to Sowerby and shown alongside a Pandora biscuit barrel & frog & Bullrush vase.

I was wondering if anyone can confirm this attribution or knows where it comes from? While there's a stylistic similarity between this vase and the Hermes and Pandora patterns, the Sowerby attribution surprised me. I've seen the vase in several unusual colours I wouldn't normally associate with Sowerby and the overall feel is a little different - certainly the glass feels thinner, less chunky than my Sowerby Hermes vase or Pandora biscuit jar, and the finishing is quite different too.

I also noticed that the example shown in the book is described as 7 1/2 inches (19 cm) high. It was therefore made in at least two sizes as my colourless flint example stands 9 1/2 inches (24 cm) tall.

Steven