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Title: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: bakonychris on May 04, 2009, 03:15:29 PM: I bought a really tall and heavy vase (over 30 cm and nearly 4 kgs) vase. The seller said it's Murano glass, but the item looks more like scandinavian (Lasi, Nanny Still etc.)
I've googled a lot - no result.
Can someone here help me please?
Thank You so much for all answers.
Here is a small photo:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h18/bakonychris/Flaschenvase.jpg

Best regards
Chris
(If neccessary move this message to Scandinavian Glass, I'm not sure)

Please excuse my unperfect English.
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: Ivo on May 04, 2009, 03:39:56 PM: The one thing it is not is Murano - but it might be from Empoli (Firenze) or by Oberglas Austria. Both did similar things. In style it is very much 1970s and was "inspired" by the successful Aurinkopullo vase (see http://lisa.hyrinet.fi/aurinkopullo/).
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: dirk. on May 04, 2009, 03:44:42 PM: seems another one jumped on the bandwagon aswell... ;D

spotted with WMF label on ebay.de. auction is finished, item #300307620653
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: bakonychris on May 04, 2009, 04:40:48 PM: Thanks so much.
It's the WMF-Vase.
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: Ivo on May 04, 2009, 06:01:33 PM: hehehe - it sort of explains why WMF never kept a record of their post war production...
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: dirk. on May 04, 2009, 06:03:07 PM: ;D :thup:
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: Anne on May 05, 2009, 03:06:12 PM: Quote from: Ivo on May 04, 2009, 06:01:33 PM
hehehe - it sort of explains why WMF never kept a record of their post war production...

Oh heck, is that really the case Ivo? I was going to ask some questions about post-war WMF too.... is there nothing recorded?
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: Ivo on May 05, 2009, 03:26:17 PM: I spoke to the PR man maybe 10 years ago and he told me that after the war WMF did not keep records of who designed what for them. He also told me that they increasingly sold bought in glass from various sources - though he was not sure when this started. From 1985 they stopped producing glass altogether and settled on a fixed arrangement with Zwiesel to supply tableware. So a WMF sticker is not telling you it was made there - merely that it was distributed by them. Some of their items from the 70s might be Oberglas, others Zwiesel - and some produced by themselves.

WMF has always had a core business of flatware, kitchen equipment and professional coffee makers. And as WMF maintain a strong retail presence in all German cities, "table" is the key word - whereby they (sensibly) refrain from making glass and porcelain themselves.
Title: Re: Who knows this giant bottlevase?
Post by: Anne on May 05, 2009, 03:29:43 PM: Hmmm I see, thanks Ivo. The things I was interested in were the vases rather than tableware... I saw one by Wagenfeld in a shade of green and a style which made we wonder about a later same-colour green vase which we've still not managed to attribute.