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Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: lyndhurst44 on November 13, 2005, 06:07:17 PM

Before I set this little piece up on Ebay and get slated can anyone please tell me if this is Holmegaard although the different shading does make me wonder. http://tinypic.com/fn8d1v.jpg
Cheers,
Bryn (not brian)

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Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: Pinkspoons on November 13, 2005, 07:28:53 PM

My instincts say 'no', but I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination!  :oops:

Hopefully someone will prove me wrong, though!

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: lyndhurst44 on November 13, 2005, 07:55:01 PM

Thanks Nik,  :(perhaps I'll just use that over used ? mark and let the market decide. Will it fly or will it die :?:  We shall soon find out.
Cheers, :D
Bryn (not Brian)

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Post by: vidrioguapo on November 13, 2005, 08:08:23 PM

Holmegaard did do a very similar shape, but the ones I have seen have a wide flat rim on top of the neck, same shape as their gul vases.  

This reminds me of some Alsterfors pieces I have had.  Nice piece though!
You CAN be sure it's Scandinavian, although I am sure you know that.

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: lyndhurst44 on November 13, 2005, 08:20:18 PM

Yes you could well be right, it's all very confusing.
I think the Alsterfors pieces normally have a clear base though and with this one the colour goes right down.
And, sorry Nic (not Nik)
Thanks.
Bryn (not Brian)

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: Pinkspoons on November 13, 2005, 09:07:02 PM

It's the rim that's swaying me against Holmegaard too... their cased glass is not usually ground like that.

Oh, and Nik, Nic, Nick... whichever's fine!  :D

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: paradisetrader on November 14, 2005, 02:24:06 PM

How tall is it Bryn ?
I have seen some quite large ones for sale in the Canada... as well as UK - I think in this shape - Iti's hard to be sure from the angle of your pic.

If its what Im thinking of then it reminds me of the shape of the Toronto Tower. http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~xyuan/photo/cities/toronto/tower.jpg
Photo by Xiaoru Yuan of University of Minnesota at Twin Cities

Altho Homlegaard did some very large Gul vases ...I have my doubts that they made many other very large pieces.

The color is also bugging me. It's doesn't seem Holmegaard-ish but I could be wrong. I have an idea that Adam / DAvid555 knows more about this.

I'm not at all sure that it's Scandinavian. It could be .....but I have my doubts.  

But you know at the end of the day it's a great piece in a fabulous shape. As glass researchers we tend to forget that people buy things because they like them. I was most tempted by the one I saw which was in a creamy yellow. Had it not been for the huge cost of shipping it from Canada I would have been more than tempted. Bryn I'm sure yours will do well.

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: Glen on November 14, 2005, 02:51:01 PM

Quote from: "paradisetrader"

As glass researchers we tend to forget that people buy things because they like them.

As a glass researcher - this is actually something that is ALWAYS at the front of my mind.

Glen

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: lyndhurst44 on November 14, 2005, 03:03:08 PM

Hi Peter ( and Glen) :lol: ,
The vase is 8'25" tall. Here it is from a different angle, it's nice to get a fine day to get pictures in natural light. The vase actually reminds me of a nuclear bomb's smoke cloud so could be from the atomic 60's.
Check out this photo:- http://tinypic.com/fnzq0h.jpg>
 Get my drift :!:
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: paradisetrader on November 14, 2005, 03:17:50 PM

Oh ! Its amazing how different glass can look in a different light - the color now looks more on the Scandi side to me.
Yes it's the shape I thought and not at tall as I expected. The others I saw were taller.
But maker is still a mystery I'm afraid until we find something more concrete.

Of course it's nice to have a firm ID and the lack can be disappointing.
All I was trying to say, in my clumsy way, was that in selling don't let lack of a maker worry you so much. Bidders will make up their own minds and you will be surprised at how much they are willing to part with on attractivemness alone...with little or no provenance.

Title: Holmegaard , yes, no, perhaps?!!!
Post by: lyndhurst44 on November 14, 2005, 04:25:09 PM

Thanks Peter, that's cheered me up  :D. The vase is also in excellent condition. One other thing the base is marginly impressed from just inside the rim so that there is nothng in the way of movement scratches except a few little ones on the very base edge where the vase made contact.
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)
ps.  :oops: Can you please take a look at this rather less interesting vase (my opinion and probably yours) picked up for just 50p yesterday in a local boot sale, no damage . You can see the impressed swirls in dark and pale blue running through a very pale blue vase in varying widths. It has a cased interior which stops about 1.5" from the base. It weighs 800gms and is 9" tall. http://tinypic.com/fo0rw9.jpg>
THANKS AGAIN. :)