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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: horochar on August 23, 2011, 02:41:26 AM
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I'm hoping someone out there can help me to identify this piece. The signature appears to be acid etched and in the style of something from the early 20th C., maybe French or Austrian. Last 4 letters appear to be "terrein" or "terreir" (the rest is indecipherable), but the smoke glass color to my eye seems more reminiscent of the 1960s/1970s. Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Charles.
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The signature seems to be something like "Fonterreir" . Sounds French. However, I googled it with no results.
The decoration doesn't look like any french art nouveau, that I know of. I believe the white decorations are painted? Painted, transparent glass is very atypical of the art nouveau period.
Smoke colored glass was used in early 20th century, for example by Daum and Schneider, but was usually sand blasted with art deco patterns. It was also more brownish than this vase, which has a more greenish teint.
I'd go for the 60s 70s art glass option.
\bablo
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I don't think the white is painted on - the reflection/glare seems to indicate that the top surface is glass all over. There is a word Monterrein, which I think might be French, although don't think this has anything to do with this piece. How about an Italian origin??
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Not painted on. I wish there were some advanced Google search capability that allowed for searching using second half of a word! What makes me think its old, more than anything, is style of signature and fact it's acid etched.