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Title: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 26, 2011, 08:20:44 PM: I know there are a lot of these bark texture vases by different manufacturers; I have searched quite a bit, but couldn't find a match for this one so far...

Aqua-green colour blending to dark blue towards base. Cast in colourless glass.
Bark texture can also be felt from the inside.
Height 17cm, quite irregularly shaped rim, ground base.

I thought perhaps German?

Thanks!
Michael
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 26, 2011, 09:15:11 PM: I think it might have been made by Davidsons, mostly because this is what Emmi says in her blog: http://whitefriarsglasswannabees.blogspot.com/2010/07/bark-vases.html
about a fifth of the way down the page.

Here is her photo with a red one next to a Whitefriars bark vase: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HSU6DiR5ivM/TDsKIJBfStI/AAAAAAAAA1s/8wxMjysFPXk/s1600/Mybarks.JPG

John
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 26, 2011, 09:28:04 PM: Thank you very much, John!!
The irregularly shaped base of the red vase depicted is exactly the same as in mine: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HSU6DiR5ivM/TDsJQndfFpI/AAAAAAAAA1k/L1DgpG2yuD4/s1600/Mybarkbase.JPG (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HSU6DiR5ivM/TDsJQndfFpI/AAAAAAAAA1k/L1DgpG2yuD4/s1600/Mybarkbase.JPG)

But Emmi doesn't give a definite ID for this one, as far as I can see?

Davidson would be nice -- my first piece of British glass then :)

Michael
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 26, 2011, 09:41:12 PM: Good point, Emmi only states she has been told they are Davidsons (a little further on). Silly me. ::)

John
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: vidrioguapo on March 27, 2011, 08:51:08 AM: Yup it's a tricky one. NEVER seen one with a label, but I am 100% positive they are NOT Whitefriars. ;D Good to see that some people actually READ my blog :hiclp: :hiclp:
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 27, 2011, 09:05:11 AM: Thanks, Emmi!
Any idea if those are British?
Or is German still a possibility?

Actually, it is quite a nice vase, much better quality than Ingrid Glas IMO. Doesn't look recent either...

Michael
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: Ivo on March 27, 2011, 09:35:44 AM: I've had these down as Oberglas Austria for many years - until they were identified on a Scandinavian site as Humppila. It was always quite obvious they were not WF, and I think the Davidson attribution is speculative - as are the other ones. I would not venture a positive attribution for these vases - for the moment just be content that it is a nice quality, a striking design and a fab finish and keep your options open. :thup:
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 27, 2011, 10:25:54 AM: Thank you very much, Ivo!! So Humppila is another possibility...

No way these are Oberglas (as I am in Austria I see loads of labeled Oberglas, never cased in clear, never more than single coloured)

I am very content with this vase -- but not so content with not getting an ID ;D

Michael
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: vidrioguapo on March 27, 2011, 10:29:45 AM: Well Michael, I have been waiting about 6 years for a definitive ID on these vases, as Ivo says, it is all speculative, and my continue to be so for another 6 or so years! :cry:
Personally I don't think they are Humppila either as the glass quality does not compare well with the Humppila example I had.
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 27, 2011, 11:04:07 AM: Thanks, Emmi! -- At least we are a group of people now waiting to have these IDd :)

So, German manufacturer is still a possibility?
Edit: one observation I just made: the aqua-green colour of the vase is exactly the same as in a Tamara Aladin "Safari" vase I have. But this certainly may not mean anything...

Michael
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: Mosquito on March 27, 2011, 01:29:33 PM: Definitely not Davidson. Davidson's 'Luna' range isn't cased and has a very distinctive texture. The Davidson misattribution was published in a collectables book a while ago and has been circulating ever since. For examples of Davidson's textured glass for comparison take a look at Chris & Val Stewart's site http://cloudglass.com/Gallerypostwar.htm

Another possibilty for these vases is Japan. While it's not definite, I did see a weird iridised vase with very similar surface texture and a flat ground base like this with a 'Made in Japan' label to the base, but sadly i didn't get a picture...
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 27, 2011, 03:17:40 PM: Interesting, I have seen those weird iridised versions too, will keep an eye open.

John
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: px on March 27, 2011, 04:43:03 PM: Sorry, as definitely as rocco says it is not Austrian, I would say it is not Finnish. At least I have never seen one, or get any idea of a resemblance to a Finnish production. :-\
Title: Re: Two-coloured bark texture vase -- maybe German?
Post by: rocco on March 27, 2011, 04:59:12 PM: Thanks for all your suggestions! Japan sounds quite interesting... (I will have a look in the Fiell 60ies and 70ies design books, as they feature quite a lot of Japanese glass there).

And good that we can obviously exclude Finland as origin, too.

Michael