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Title: Tall bright jade green uranium blow-moulded vase
Post by: Lustrousstone on November 30, 2008, 03:02:44 PM

Does anyone have any idea where this vase might have been made please? It's blow-moulded in a bright green jade-like uranium glass. Unmarked. 27 cm tall. It has a ground pontil mark in the concave footed base; the grinding is very coarse. The pattern is tall reeded leaves with a non-repeating pattern of smaller lobed leaves over larger more rounded leaves around the bottom. My instinct is Italy. The glass does not contain a myriad of tiny bubbles to give it its cloudiness as in Nason's jade uranium. Any bubbles are just that. I only have one other piece in a similar bright green, but that is much finer glass and has a lovely polished pontil.

Title: Re: Tall bright jade green uranium blow-moulded vase
Post by: smokerstill on December 10, 2008, 12:49:36 PM

Don't know if this helps but the bottom half is reminicent of some Fenton pieces I have seen:-)

Title: Re: Tall bright jade green uranium blow-moulded vase
Post by: Lustrousstone on December 10, 2008, 01:15:43 PM

I will investigate, thank you

Title: Re: Tall bright jade green uranium blow-moulded vase
Post by: smokerstill on December 10, 2008, 01:42:24 PM

Good luck. You might also try westmoreland

Title: Re: Tall bright jade green uranium blow-moulded vase
Post by: krsilber on December 10, 2008, 06:10:18 PM

Westmoreland wouldn't leave an unpolished pontil mark, and few Fenton pieces have any pontil.  Highly likely it's European.