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Title: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: Tinker-Taylor on August 21, 2009, 06:52:09 PM

Evening All!

This little vase is just three and a half inches tall.  Is it Davidson, possibly?  (Again) I haven't seen one before.

Your opinions and/or facts eagerly awaited.

Thanks, as ever.

Stu.

Title: Re: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: Anne on August 21, 2009, 06:56:44 PM

Stu, can you tell us what the colours are please? The bottom looks gold on my screen, with an ivory (possibly opalescent) upper part. Is that right?

Title: Re: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: Tinker-Taylor on August 21, 2009, 09:33:47 PM

Hi Anne

The bottom is a pale amber colour and the top part is opalescent.  The bottom has a thin smear of the upper part's opalescence but only in parts where the texture is raised.

Thank you for any help!

Stu.

Title: Re: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: Anne on August 21, 2009, 11:33:03 PM

Stu, I don't think Davidson made an amber opalescent glass, in fact it's one of the less-common colours I seem to recall. Someone on the board will most likely be able to point you in the right direction though... fingers crossed. It's a gorgeous item!  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Title: Re: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on August 22, 2009, 04:19:29 AM

Stu

I have had several of these over the years in yellow pearline and my first thought would have been Davidson or Henry Greener , but as Anne said Davidson did not make this colour but Henry Greener did, I think Henry Greener made quite a large range of items in this colour from baskets , plates and I have even had a signed lidded butter dish in this colour although in a different pattern, so I cannot be 100% sure but my best bet on your shell would be Henry Greener unless someone else tells you other wise

Roy

Title: Re: What SHELL you say about this little vase?
Post by: Tinker-Taylor on August 22, 2009, 08:20:57 AM

Anne & Roy - thank you both very much. 

It's lovely to be able to look at my items and have a better idea of their origins.

Stu.