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Title: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: lmj on August 20, 2009, 04:19:27 PM

Is this a whitefriars bud vase,it is quite heavy at 400g and 25cm high with a very flat smooth base any ideas would be appreciated..lynn

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: Pinkspoons on August 20, 2009, 04:22:48 PM

Åseda Glasbruk, Sweden.

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: lmj on August 20, 2009, 10:22:23 PM

Many thanks pinkspoons,that led me to other pieces to look at,I'm supposed to be selling this stuff but the more i unwrap the deeper into pandoras box i go....lynn

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: Tina on August 21, 2009, 09:30:19 AM

Your vase is called a 'Jack in the pulpit' vase, named after the lily, they're also known as Bone vases. On ebay these are attributed to Bo Borgstrom. I've never checked that info on here?

They were mass produced in a variety of colours for decades, most have a flat base, I have a few with concave or hexagonal bases

You'll find them easily on ebay, sometimes mistakenly attributed to whitefriars.

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: Pinkspoons on August 21, 2009, 09:47:45 AM

'Jack In The Pulpit' is a casual name given to vases with one side of the rim pulled noticably higher than the other, often with the opposing rim pulled downwards. It is more or less exclusive to eBay sellers when applied to the Åseda vases. And 'Bonevase', as a proper noun, should only really apply to the Holmegaard originals, which this vase copies.

This chunky stem vase form was designed in 1952 by Per Lütken for Holmegaard as an exhibition form which wasn't put into formal production. The originals are one colour (without casing) and do not have bubbles in the base. See: http://www.glashistoriskselskab.dk/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&func=detail&id=2402&Itemid=59

The shape was later used for 'novelty' items sold through the Holmegaard factory shop for visitors taking the factory tour - these later versions from the 1970s were in clear glass and have random bubbles and swirls of mixed colours encased in the bases. The attached photo is of one of these on the Holmegaard production line in 1973.

It seems a few different glassworks copied the idea, but the Åseda ones always seem to have quite chunky controlled bubbles encased in the base. I do have one of these stem vases with a very fine array of tiny bubbles in the base, with far better production values than the Åseda lot - I've never been able to find out who made it.

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: Pip on August 21, 2009, 10:42:33 AM

Quote from: Tina on August 21, 2009, 09:30:19 AM

Your vase is called a 'Jack in the pulpit' vase, named after the lily, they're also known as Bone vases.

A 'dogbone' vase is probably the most commonly used adjective for these.

Title: Re: SLENDER BLUE VASE WITH SUSPENDED AIR BUBBLES WHITEFRIARS ?
Post by: lmj on August 21, 2009, 02:12:23 PM

Thanks Pip Tina & pink,so much to learn,so little brain cells !!!  lynn