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Title: triangular red textured vase
Post by: malcmat on November 02, 2011, 07:05:29 PM

Hi, have not been able to find a match for this vase. its triangular and textured and has a polished out pontil mark on looks like  a flat polished base which has some sustantial ware scratches ? but can just see a small section of the polished base. Its just under 10 inches tall with the triangle at the top of 4.5 inches and the base triangle 3 inch.It also looks cased more so at the base. Was leaning towards Finnish but not sure.
Many thanks
Malcolm

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: scavo on November 02, 2011, 08:55:43 PM

Looks German or Austrian to me.

Have you looked at the Whitefriars pretenders website?

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: malcmat on November 02, 2011, 10:59:34 PM

Hi, yes checked the W/F site but did not see anything, i will revisit the site as i might have missed a lead.
Many thanks
Malcolm

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: Wayne on November 03, 2011, 06:55:24 AM

I'd agree with German or Austrian, maybe more likely Oberglas of Austria than Ingrid of Germany, as Ingrid tent to have flat rims.  Japan could be another possibility.

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: rocco on November 03, 2011, 10:56:19 AM

I have never seen any cased-in-clear pieces from Oberglas, so I would rather guess another origin...

Michael

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: Wayne on November 03, 2011, 02:28:21 PM

Here's one cased in clear that was ID'd as Oberglas:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,18758.0.html

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: rocco on November 04, 2011, 03:43:31 PM

Thanks for the link, Wayne -- good point there :)

I had seen that thread some time ago, but I thought that now these are believed to be of Japanese origin?
I have one as well: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39531.0.html (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39531.0.html)

Well, everything is possible; but I have not seen anything remotely similar from Oberglas (and I see loads of labeled Oberglas here in Vienna)
Anyway, the two-coloured ones like mine seem to have a totally different base finish than the red vase in this thread...

Michael

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: Wayne on November 04, 2011, 07:29:32 PM

Thanks for your link too Michael, I hadn't seen that one.  I'm sure there are more makers of bark vases that we're not aware of yet, it seems everyone was doing it at some point!  ;)

Title: Re: triangular red textured vase
Post by: kane_u_pain on November 04, 2011, 10:12:11 PM

Agree with Wayne that Japan should be considered. The texture on the piece reminds of the squares that have been shown here with the 'foreign' label. Can't remember if I have seen one of this shape pop up on ebay Australia though, as a lot of Japanese glass is listed here, in the Murano section of course...LOL...