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Title: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 08, 2011, 11:57:25 AM: Can anyone help me indentify this unusual shaped piece of glass,it is very heavy and looks to be scandinavian?? Any help at all will be gratefully recieved..Scott....
..http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/2011-03-08114350.jpg
..http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/2011-03-08114333.jpg
..http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/2011-03-08114402.jpg
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: Ivo on March 08, 2011, 01:38:20 PM: Tempted to say Empoli but the pontil mark seems to be circular (blowpipe) and snapped off - do I see that correctly?
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: flying free on March 08, 2011, 05:28:55 PM: sorry no help here, but a question - does it have controlled bubbles? or is that reflections I can see.
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Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 10, 2011, 08:11:06 PM: Thanks for the help ...I am adding a couple more pictures including a better shot of the base and the afformentioned bubbles in the glass.Any further help to identify this piece will be gratefully recieved..Scott
Base;- http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/018.jpg
Bubbles;- http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/038.jpg
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Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: flying free on March 10, 2011, 08:32:36 PM: It's rather gorgeous :) is the sticky out bit on the side, supposed to be a sort of stylised handle I wonder, so is it a stylised jug type thing? I love the bubbles at the bottom and the colour. Really nice piece.
Is the base indented?
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Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 10, 2011, 08:44:42 PM: Thank you for your comments...I understand the thoughts as possible jug like shape but i think viewing it 'handle' point out (see pic one)..it looks like very modern arty almost face like,it can't have practical uses as the rim is not uniformed or shaped..The base is smooth except where the pontil has been snapped off leaving a small rough indentation.It is very well made and very heavy :rn:.
http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/scottymorris/015.jpg
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: Ivo on March 11, 2011, 07:39:01 AM: The blowpipe finish is very Biot, so are the bubbles. But it does not follow their production standards. So the best I can come up with is someone took a glassblowing course at Biot (they do, reasonable prices too!) and this was the result.
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 11, 2011, 12:03:16 PM: Do I see a "veil" of differently coloured enamels around the bubbles?
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: rosieposie on March 11, 2011, 12:17:46 PM: Hi Scott :hi: I have been following this thread with interest, and it did occur to me that it could be an apprentice piece with different techniques all on one piece. ie the pouring lip, the handle, the heavy base and the controlled bubbles. A bit like a sewing sampler, with no practical use, but perhaps just to demonstrate competence in differnt techniques........Just a thought anyway.

John ( my OH,) wondered if it might be a type of drinking vessel worn round the neck....a bit like the Holmegaard glasses.....might this be a possibility?
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 11, 2011, 12:20:29 PM: Scott says it's very heavy, so no, not unless concrete overshoes were unavailable.
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 11, 2011, 01:30:44 PM: :rn:.... Thank you all for your interest on this piece..I can confirm that this could'nt be worn around the neck unless you have a neck like mike tyson...
This piece has larger bubbles and is surrounded by tiny little bubbles giving it a cloudy effect from base upto approx half way up piece..The glass looks to be olive green with a slightly darker base.Hope this info helps to indentify it ..... :rn: Scott
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: rosieposie on March 11, 2011, 08:35:54 PM: How big is it please Scott??
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 12, 2011, 02:58:21 PM: :24: This piece stands just over 6 inches and is 6 inch wide at its widest point...It is 4 inches across the base.....Scott :rn:
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: rosieposie on March 12, 2011, 04:14:31 PM: Have you heard of Robert Rynearson Jr.?
He makes vessels a bit similar....here is a link.....probably a wild goose chase but an interesting one!
http://www.stylehive.com/bookmark/tendril-vase-robert-rynearson-jr-glass-vessel-the-artful-home-124673
Have a peek anyway....interesting glass. :usd:
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: scottmorris on March 12, 2011, 08:13:59 PM: :rn: Thanks for the kind reply,i have never heard of Mr Robert Rynearson before,i quite like the abstract of his glass...i can see why you threw his name in the hat..but the search for the maker goes on...
Title: Re: Please help to identify this odd piece of art glass????
Post by: rosieposie on March 12, 2011, 08:20:35 PM: I didn't think he was the maker Scott, but sometimes when you are looking for something, you stumble on something else that is interesting....I just put 'odd shaped vessel with bubbles' in the search engine, and that came up.....................on with the search............. :wsh: