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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: keith on September 11, 2009, 03:39:31 PM

Title: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: keith on September 11, 2009, 03:39:31 PM

8 inches high,smooth pontil,not heavy for its size,any ideas?Keith.

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: nigel benson on September 11, 2009, 06:58:04 PM

Keith,

I think you'll find this is Czech, Borske Sklo glassworks, optic range. There were a couple this shape in the exhibition "Hi Sklo Lo Sklo" last year.

Have a look at the other thread about "is this largest?"

Nigel

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 11, 2009, 07:05:54 PM

Has it really got a pontil mark? Has it got a ground rim? If yes to the first and no to the second, I don't think it's Borske Sklo.

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: keith on September 11, 2009, 07:39:46 PM

It has a polished pontil mark and a smooth rim,so it's a no go Borske Sklo then?

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: nigel benson on September 11, 2009, 10:42:10 PM

Yep, Christine's right, not Borske. I didn't read that as a pontil in the photo - probably need new glasses :huh:

To be clear, what do you mean by "smooth rim"? Is it rounded, as in fire finishing?

Nigel

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: keith on September 12, 2009, 12:15:12 PM

As you say,fire polished,finished,rounded etc...Keith.

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: nigel benson on September 12, 2009, 01:00:16 PM

Hmmm,

Then my other hunch would be that it is a Stourbridge based piece.

Nigel

Title: Re: Amber honey-comb vase,i.d please,
Post by: keith on September 12, 2009, 02:17:29 PM

Hurrah! a piece from down the road at last,maybe,ta,Keith.