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Title: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on March 22, 2011, 04:25:47 AM

Could anyone direct me where to start researching this quirky item?

It appears to have a faint (and perhaps spurious?) signature.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: suzzi on March 22, 2011, 06:22:16 AM

In my experience, these are new from China. Retail about $9.99

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on March 22, 2011, 09:05:31 AM

No, this one is definitely old glass and exceptionally heavy for its size. 

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: singingyamada on March 22, 2011, 09:21:45 AM

where is the signature?

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 22, 2011, 10:14:48 AM

The contemporary ones from China are very heavy. The retail name is Laguna.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 22, 2011, 11:44:34 AM

This one is different in that it has a "fastener" rather than handles but researching it could be a nightmare as the US term for handbag is often purse. Pocketbook or pocket book are other options.

http://www.topartglassware.com/glass_8.htm

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on March 24, 2011, 03:48:59 AM

Thanks, all.

I'd be really surprised if anyone had managed to 'distress' this glass to make it appear aged and trust me, I see a LOT of Chinese crap glass, but I suppose anything is possible.

Sue, are you saying that Laguna is a brand name, or that that's what this sort of thing is called?  Just did a search, but came up empty.  I'll try again with different keywords.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 24, 2011, 07:26:22 AM

Laguna is a brand name. Can we see the base. The photos show no signs of age, though all that dark background doesn't help. A plain untextured white one would be better with more purse and less background. What size is it?

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on April 04, 2011, 03:06:44 AM

Hi guys

I was having some trouble resizing.

Hope this gives you an idea.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on April 04, 2011, 03:37:24 AM

Quote from: Lustrousstone on March 24, 2011, 07:26:22 AM

Laguna is a brand name. Can we see the base. The photos show no signs of age, though all that dark background doesn't help. A plain untextured white one would be better with more purse and less background. What size is it?

Sorry, Sue, forgot to measure - I'll do that.

The base is an indented circle, can you see that?

It washed out with a white background, so I tried the picnic table!

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 04, 2011, 06:33:20 AM

Still doesn't give me an old vibe. Is the indented circle on the base part of the moulding or actually ground? If it's ground is it shiny (or at least very finely ground) or matte?

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on April 04, 2011, 10:56:36 AM

Looks grounds down as by a wheel but not flush, indented, smoothish but not glossy like the rest of it, and dull, like foggy.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: jsmeasell on April 04, 2011, 12:54:18 PM

I have seen items like this at Pier I stores in the USA. I agree that this is from China, quite heavy and recently made.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: quill on May 04, 2011, 05:05:36 AM

Well, as you can imagine, I've looked at a lot of glass handbags in the last few weeks. 

Prices from GBP 4 and 9 for quite obviously new ones, GBP 70 for 'art glass' ones.

And then this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280664346835&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280664346835&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT):

Poor little Quilly; very puzzled.

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: glassobsessed on May 04, 2011, 07:20:26 AM

Baccarat Daum, 30s, 450 Euros?  :24:

John

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: Littleblackhen on May 04, 2011, 09:51:27 AM

This one looks similar.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marbleized-Glass-Hand-Bag-Purse-Vase-Decorative-Item-/180577812997?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item2a0b46c205#ht_7042wt_936

Title: Re: Item ID help please - purse or handbag
Post by: Lustrousstone on May 04, 2011, 11:22:05 AM

pâte de verre  :24: :24: :24: :24: