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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: mrvaselineglass on October 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
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I purchased this at our vaseline glass convention last weekend. it stands about 5" tall. The piece is mold-blown, 3-part mold. The top rim (down to the neck) and the underside (from foot to mold line) have remnants of gilding. The enamel is very heavy on this piece. I cannot tell if there was a slight impression on the piece that was used as a guide to paint on the enamel. The inside is perfectly smooth. There is no pontil mark. The glass is heavy, but no lead content (dull/no bell tone). The enamel is raised very high in comparison to other pieces I have seen. It glows nicely under a blacklight. I don't know if this was done at the factory, or if it was jobbed out to the cottage industry to have the enamel added. Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemian1.jpg (http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemian1.jpg)
Mr. Vaseline Glass
(Dave Peterson)
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Moser
Just a wild, wild, wild, wild -- guess ??
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Bohemian? Why?
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Looks a little Gordiola ish :ooh:
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Hello all
I wrote to Siegmar Geiselberger and he shared this with me:
"The pattern is very near to a "Islamic" pattern which was popular in the late 19th century foremost in France and in Bohemia / Silesia. The pattern and the enamel of your vase is so crude that this little vase will not come from famous producers as Harrach, Josephinenhütte oder Hecker & and certainly not from France. It was probably produced in one of the numerous nameless glass huts in the Riesengebirge (Giant Mountains) between Bohemia & Silesia before 1900. The glow of Uraniumoxid was probably not intended but comes from a low quality of the metal mix. Probably the enamel was painted by one of the numerous house workers in this region & not in the glass hut itself."
The only contradiction that came to mind was that the color was intended, and that uranium oxide was used on purpose. I took a UV photo of this piece and it has too much uranium in it for it to be accidental. here is a blacklight picture:
http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemianuv.jpg (http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemianuv.jpg)
Mr. Vaseline Glass
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I think it's rather nice and I agree with your disagreement with Siegmar.
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I sent Siegmar a blacklight photo. I think the color of the glass looks slightly off (from usual vaseline/uranium glass), because of the remnants of the thin gilding that has worn off. It tints it a little to the 'green olive' side.
Mr. Vaseline Glass