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Title: Black glass vase with orange trails included - Chinese?
Post by: catshome on July 02, 2011, 01:47:35 PM

I thought this was Chinese when I bought it, but now I'm not as sure.  It's got a fairly distinctive bottom that might be useful for others to see - polished out pontil within a circular groove.  The surface of the vase is smooth and there are no orange trails inside.

The vase :
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-15182

The base :
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-15181

Close-up of base :
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-15180

I was putting it away with the bits I've been collecting for when my Son gets his own place (he loves it) when I thought it might be worth double-checking.

Thanks for looking
Cat

Title: Re: Black glass vase with orange trails included - Chinese?
Post by: catshome on June 17, 2019, 07:37:24 AM

Just found the box labelled "glass for Pete", and thought I would give this one a bump to see if there is any up-to-date information around on this one.  He finally got his own place at Christmas.....yay!

Title: Re: Black glass vase with orange trails included - Chinese?
Post by: chopin-liszt on June 17, 2019, 11:40:27 AM

This sort of base finish is more common on Chinese pieces now, but if you've had it a while, it's unlikely.
What about Polish? Something like Svaja or even LSA importers? Or the Cia group importers? (Although I think LSA importers might have baulked at that base finish.)