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Title: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: chloe on March 03, 2009, 09:05:06 PM

I think these look Art Nouveau in shape to me, but could well be wrong?  Would it be classed as end of day glass?  Also does anyone have an idea of which country/works they are from?

They measure 11 inches high, and are cased in clear glass.

Thanks

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: dirk. on March 03, 2009, 09:27:06 PM

bohemian, art déco ~1920 would be my guess. this glass is sometimes (depending on
definition) classified as tangoglas.

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: chloe on March 03, 2009, 09:39:51 PM

Thank you  :)

I was so sure they were red, but the photo has convinced me that they are orange now  ;D

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: TxSilver on March 03, 2009, 10:01:56 PM

They are Bohemian style vases, but I do not believe they are tango. Tango vases have stark contrast between the main glass and applied glass features. For example, a bright red vase with black rims and ribs. I've never seen a tango vase that had inclusions.

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 04, 2009, 07:52:29 AM

I agree with Anita and definitely not end of day glass. That phrase is mostly an urban myth, most such things were mainstream production. A nice example of Bohemia 1920s/30s spatterware. I'll have a look in my book this evening.

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: dirk. on March 04, 2009, 04:12:23 PM

some people do classify certain spatterware (´stark contrast between the main glass and applied glass´) as tango:
german seller  (http://glaswolf.de/Art-Deco-Tango-Glas.432+B6YmFja1BJRD00MzImcHJvZHVjdElEPTk3MDcmcGlkX3Byb2R1Y3Q9NDMyJmRldGFpbD0_.0.html)
20thcenturyglass (http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/bohemian_glass/tango_glass.htm)

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: Pinkspoons on March 04, 2009, 06:21:14 PM

I wouldn't freely trust information found on the latter website - they have much in the way of cheap Chinese glass, and some fair quality German glass, described as Scandinavian, and they were one of the worst culprits for Holmegaard keyword spamming on eBay for a long time, with dozens of clearly Chinese pieces for sale at any given time.

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: dirk. on March 04, 2009, 06:56:02 PM

thanks, Nic! must be annoying, that they use a name similar to yours...     >:(
think i see a few of the things you mentioned (walther, hirschberg)

nevertheless there seems to be a reason, why some spatter glass is named tango.
i´d be delighted if someone could shed some light on this.  :angel:

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 04, 2009, 07:32:10 PM

Tango was a line of brightly coloured glass originally developed by Loetz. The name was then adopted by others and is now commonly used for all brightly coloured 1930s Czech glass. So strictly if it's not Loetz, it's not really Tango

Title: Re: Pair of bright orange/red vases
Post by: dirk. on March 04, 2009, 07:55:44 PM

thanks for that, Christine.
using search option with the right words (NOT ´tangoglas´) brought some
more information. my apologies - i´ll learn to type glass with double s -
sometime -- perhaps --- hopefully ---- ::)