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Title: Mdina Glass?
Post by: adam20 on April 19, 2011, 06:17:47 AM

Is this Mdina glass it has no etched mark

It's a bottle vase in hughes of striated yellow and brown ina tortoiseshell like pattern - with blue yellow irridescance - nearly 9" high its quite big and - it has lots of 'lights' and can show very beautiful - but what is it

See Photos - Thanks Adam

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: Wayne on April 19, 2011, 06:23:43 AM

Looks like it to me Adam, here's a similar one with signature:

(http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/images/items/maltese_glass/mdina_glass/thumbs/mdinaglass_tortoise05.jpg) (http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/images/items/maltese_glass/mdina_glass/mdinaglass_tortoise05.jpg) (http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/images/items/maltese_glass/mdina_glass/thumbs/mdinaglass_tortoise06.jpg) (http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/images/items/maltese_glass/mdina_glass/mdinaglass_tortoise06.jpg)

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 19, 2011, 06:27:10 AM

Definitely Mdina and from the post-Harris 1970s or so I think. Mine is unmarked too http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=594

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: Paul S. on April 19, 2011, 08:55:14 AM

Nice piece Adam  -  especially when, like yours, the brown is broken up with yellows/chlorides.   I quite like Mdina with flat sides, makes a change from so many of the 'curved' surface examples.    Mine's shorter at 8" (with signature), and looks like Christine's may be taller tho.

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: glassobsessed on April 19, 2011, 06:18:21 PM

Here is a vertically challenged example: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/LaterMdinaGlass#5430029707502102194

John

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: adam20 on April 19, 2011, 07:07:36 PM

Thanks everyone

Adam

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 19, 2011, 07:08:12 PM

I win, mine's 12 inches  :rah: :rah:

Title: Re: Mdina Glass?
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 20, 2011, 12:35:23 PM

Sizist!  :P
I believe this is actually a Harris design (in the glass, it's called Tortoiseshell when it's Mdina - not to be confused with Tortoiseshell as produced at IoWSG, which is a spiral of brown streaky glass in a frothy yellow background) and was produced in the period he was still there as well as afterwards. This may be a later '70s shape - I simply don't know.
I have as evidence for this, an early cylinder vase produced at IoWSG which is very similar to this - and it is common knowledge that MH continued with and developed the designs he produced at Mdina when he moved to set up IoWSG. It's got a flame pontil mark - and is almost identical to another cylinder vase I have, marked Mdina.