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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Redriihimaki on November 09, 2008, 10:19:19 AM
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Hi
This stunning piece is 10 inches high and 4.25 inches square.
Very well made from high quality crystal! Is it a Sklo Union piece??
thanks
Simon
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A base shot would be helpful if poss. It *looks* more Scandi to me - like something Tapio Wirkkala might have designed but, sadly, I don't have the Leslie Pina books to have a look. It's fantastic though, I love it - I'm sure Marcus will know whether it's SU or not (have you ordered a copy of his new book? If you're into SU then it's an absolute must).
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Simon, I am pretty sure this is not a Sklo Union piece. As Pip rightly say, Marcus will be able to add more later.
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Thanks I will try to get a base picture as it has a rather unusual base. I bought it thinking it might be a Wirkkala piece but when I got it home it became clear that it isn't. Any further help would be greatly appreciated!
regards
Simon
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How about Tauno Wirkkala humpilla?
http://www.laatutavara.com/index.php?page=haku&hakuteksti=tauno+wirkkala&Submit=Hae&laaja=on
not the same but you can see the influence.
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I think Scandi is more than likely Sue. I'm sure Della said she has one of these as well recently when we spotted one on eBay.
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Thanks for the replies. I have several Tauno Pieces but this vase, although kind of similar in a way does noy have any texture to the glass whereas all of Tauno's work does. It is much thicker than Tauno's work too. I will photograph the base and add some more pictures in the hope that someone can identify it.
regards
simon
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Here is a pic of the top
Pic of bottom in next post
thanks
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Here is the bottom pic.
Notice the pattern on it's base. I've never seen this before!!!!
Any ideas??? Surely somone must know? I will be stunned if it is Scandinavian as I collect it and have never seen this before! However having said that I did buy it because When I saw a picture of it I thought it might be scandinavian but having got it home I'm of th opinion that it isn't. You don't think it could be french, do you??? Its a very similar weight and quality crystal to Daum!
many thanks, in advance for your help on this matter!
Simon
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For what it's worth, I don't think it's Scandinavian either, nor do I think it's French
Eastern European I'd say..Czech/ Romanian maybe ?
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Is the bottom rim ground flat or ex mould?
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It looks like mould finished from the photograph. I agree it is not Scandinavian or French, next I would look at Italian (Fidenza) or Polish.
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Hi
The bottom is moulded and I thought that it looked remarkably like the circular pattern of Rudolf Jurnikl's Vases for Rudolfova Hut?
I am going into unchartered waters with the Italian possibility! Anyways grateful as ever of your ideas. I will try to follow them up!
regards
simon
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Not the bottom, the base rim. I think Ivo's is right. I just want to be sure
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Not too certain what you mean but it has been ground and polished with a bevelled edge.
Is that what you mean?
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Yes, that's what I was wondering. Bevelled edge hmm, quite up market then. That's not very common.
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a little technican conundrum here. From the photograph it seems the piece is finished in the mould, so not a ground and polished stand with a beveled edge but a moulded bevel. Fantastic photograph, by the way. The edges are rounded, so it was either moulded or (acid) polished afterwards - which would be an unnnecessary additional operation after beveling. Apparently the material is high quality crystal and designed to produce maximum sparkle - so I'd suspect one of the high quality low profile Italian companies - Fidenza or CALP. But there is no substitute for handling. I could be off by a few countries...
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Could it be a section from a chandelier or light fitting and not a vase?
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Hi,
I have not come across this in Czech catalogues, and the base suggests neither press-moulded nor automatic production from Sklo Union.
Regards,
Marcus
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Thanks again for your replies. In answer to your question it is definately not part of a chandalier. Far too heavy! I'm grateful for the info re the Sklo Union catalogues. Looks like I will have to try to Italian route although I have put a link on the Murano section to which I have not received 1 reply!!....the plot thickens!!!!
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That's probably because anyone who might have an answer will have seen it on this thread. The Murano-only experts are unlikely to have an answer because it's probably not Murano, mainland Italy is a much more likely Italian option.
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There's one of these for sale on eBay currently, wrongly attributed as Sklo Union :huh:
eBay item number 150295653264
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That's the one Della and I looked at a while ago Pip - it's been relisted again I think?
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Hi,
In Domov, a Czech design magazine, there is a very similar vase to the one under discussion. That is identified as a Timo Sarpaneva design. The jounal dates to the mid-1970s.
Regards,
Marcus