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Title: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: crunch on June 26, 2009, 05:00:01 PM

Hi usually a whitefriars collector but saw this lovely vase for sale in a charity shop and had to buy
The glass is only  around 9 inches tall but weighs 1.5kgs in a lovely ice blue
Does anyone know who teh maker is
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: PAUL H on June 26, 2009, 08:28:44 PM
Hi there I think your vase is pictured upside down and is maybe a flavoured oil burner used throughout the 90s it seems.. its probably Polish in origin. Regards Paul.
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: crunch on June 27, 2009, 04:30:20 AM

Hi there I think your vase is pictured upside down and is maybe a flavoured oil burner used throughout the 90s it seems.. its probably Polish in origin. Regards Paul.

Thanks for that would not have guessed at all are there anywhere l can look up  how these are used
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: PAUL H on June 27, 2009, 06:50:11 AM
Hi.. I have a smaller one very similar to yours.. I remember seeing these with a metal cap device that held a wick and was fitted to the top this would allow the wick to hang in the oil in the reservoir. Regards Paul.
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: crunch on June 28, 2009, 09:09:30 AM
makes total sense know as on the bottoem/ top is a small hole l wondered what is was for .
Does the one you  have all the bits to be able to use ,if it does could l have a picture so l can see what l need to look for to be able to use it
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: PAUL H on June 28, 2009, 09:53:55 AM
No it was bought missing before I found out what it was.. they are usually yellow metal (gilt) or occasionally chrome even though they are meant for use I think they are nice decorative objects in their own right. Paul
Title: Re: Help idenitfying a maker
Post by: PAUL H on June 28, 2009, 09:56:53 AM
Just a thought maybe if you looked around a few candle or ethnic type shops you may find something to adapt to fit.. Regards Paul