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Title: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: alexander on March 09, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Hello, I found this one at a fleamarket and am very unsure of it's origin.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Approx 13 cm wide, 7 cm tall.

The cranberry/white is cased by a clear layer which has been aced etched to give it a satin finished.
The satin is not an applied finish.

The leaves are gilded, altho most of the gilding has worn off.

Broken off pontil mark which is slightly indented.
The top edge is ground and not polished, showing clearly the two layers of glass.

Any ideas on origin?

Is it a vase?

Thanks  :)
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: Anne on March 09, 2009, 02:17:33 PM
Looks like one of the flower bowls which had a metal grid/flower holder on the top Alexander. Is there any wear round the rim that may have been caused by such a holder?
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: alexander on March 09, 2009, 02:39:27 PM
No obvious signs of a holder.

It could be missing a lid perhaps?

Like a potpurri jar?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: Ivo on March 09, 2009, 02:40:48 PM
The shape is not suitable for a metal grid which needs a straight tubular section to rest on. It seems to me this is the underside of a much taller vase, recut and reground after a catastrophic incident... also the decoration runs off the top.
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: alexander on March 09, 2009, 02:47:16 PM
Hi, it's not easy to see from the pictures but the paint ends in a rounded off blob just below the rim,
ie it appears to not be cut off mid-paint.

Altho - the paint could have been applied post catastrophe.

It is only enameled on one side, the other half showing no decor.

Looking at the inside I see some airbubbles trapped in the glass.

Would this have originated in Boh?

Thanks
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: Ivo on March 09, 2009, 04:29:24 PM
Almost certainly Bohemian. If not recut (apparently not) then it may have had a blown lid on which the decor continued - and was possibly part of a dressing table set.
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: alexander on March 10, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
A dresser set sounds right :)

Any idea on possible maker?

Or is this a generic type product?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: Ivo on March 10, 2009, 02:38:38 PM
Harrach is a possibility; but there are quite a number of other makers and decorators so any attribution is a long shot.
Title: Re: Bohemian? Cranberry & spatter enameled vase
Post by: TxSilver on March 10, 2009, 03:33:26 PM
Quote from: Ivo on March 10, 2009, 02:38:38 PM
Harrach is a possibility; but there are quite a number of other makers and decorators so any attribution is a long shot.

Your thoughts are the same as mine. I have seen this type of spatter glass a few times in the past, but not with an attribution that could be verified. Some say Kralik, but I believe it is only because it is spatter glass, which Kralik is well known for. I wondered if it might be Harrach or even English glass.