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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: ardy on October 14, 2008, 02:16:10 AM

Title: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: ardy on October 14, 2008, 02:16:10 AM

This is the second piece I bought and I like this one it is 8" (20cm) wide, 4 1/2" (11cm) high and weighs 2.14lbs or 1.3kg. Would love to know what you think about it. Although it is vintage I suspect its not complex enough to be screamingly interesting to you all but its what I could get my hands on and these days I am thankful for any mercies.

regards

Ardy

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 14, 2008, 06:40:00 AM

Nice piece, but I have doubts it's Murano. To my mind that looks more Chalet than your other piece or even Czech

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: ardy on October 14, 2008, 07:03:41 AM

Oh! my god have I stumbled over a hidden group of renegade Canadians all living in western nsw. Well it all gets very interesting anyway.

Thanks Christine for your opinion on this one as well.

regards

Ardy

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: antiquerose123 on October 15, 2008, 03:51:47 AM

Quote from: ardy on October 14, 2008, 07:03:41 AM

Oh! my god have I stumbled over a hidden group of renegade Canadians all living in western nsw. Well it all gets very interesting anyway.

Thanks Christine for your opinion on this one as well.  regards       Ardy

Canadian here  :spls:       But a GMB  :ghug: - lol.  Nice piece...

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: Cathy B on November 20, 2008, 01:39:34 PM

There may well be other possibilities as well, some of them closer to home. Crown Crystal had a 'Venetian' range of lumpy stuff, but I've only ever seen three pieces and no catalogues. At this point it could be anything. While it's not unheard of, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of Chalet in Australia.

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: aa on November 20, 2008, 09:53:52 PM

Could it be Japanese?

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: ardy on November 20, 2008, 10:19:26 PM

Hi Cathy thanks for that and it does make more sense. I have done a search on the internet and cant come up with anything like it in Crown but that doesnt mean a thing.

Will keep my eyes open and ask around on my next trip (Early December) to Young and the area I went last time.

regards

Ardy

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: ardy on November 20, 2008, 10:24:33 PM

aa - I have never looked at a peice of Japanese glass although I have some Satsuma and other Japanese things in my house. Any ideas where you would look for a reference?

regards

Ardy

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: aa on November 20, 2008, 10:48:29 PM

Difficult question. Maybe start here by researching some of the names.

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://japan.yoolk.com/zc/%25E5%25BB%25BA%25E7%25AD%2591/%25E7%258E%25BB%25E7%2592%2583%25E5%2592%258C%25E7%258E%25BB%25E7%2592%2583%25E4%25BA%25A7%25E5%2593%2581/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=15&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522iwata%2Bglass%2Bco%2Bltd%2522%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3Db6c%26sa%3DG

When I was in Japan in the mid eighties I was surprised by what could be termed the influence of Murano on Japanese glass. There was also a flow of ideas with artists such as Kyohei Fujita working with Murano masters and then exhibiting his work in Japan, and internationally.

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: ardy on November 21, 2008, 06:00:42 AM

Thanks for that aa I will look at some of these sites.

regards

Ardy

Title: Re: Another Piece from my trip West in NSW Australia - Much more normal I hope
Post by: Cathy B on November 21, 2008, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: aa on November 20, 2008, 09:53:52 PM

Could it be Japanese?

Japanese was my guess, but I don't know for sure and didn't want to speculate too much. There seems to be a lot of Japanese art glass here, but I have no more information than that. Try googling on Hineri.

Crown's Venetian line is also something I know very little about, other than that it exists.