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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: ahremck on December 22, 2011, 06:04:09 AM

Title: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: ahremck on December 22, 2011, 06:04:09 AM

Having recently seen a thread by Chris Cooper of a labelled Island Glass vase from the Isle of Man, I strongly suspect this is too - mainly due to that blue iridescence.

Can the IOW/IOM experts give me a verdict please.

Ross

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: ahremck on December 22, 2011, 06:06:45 AM

 :-[ Phooey, hit the post button before the piccies area attached!

Ross

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: glassobsessed on December 22, 2011, 10:06:01 AM

Start using the term expert and many people with some knowledge will run in the other direction. Way too loaded.

Personally I can't abide Azurene and am only interested in what came before at Isle of Wight Studio Glass.

Your example has a ground and polished rim so I suspect it is not IoWSG, Alum Bay is one of many other possibilities.

How big is it?

John

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: ahremck on December 22, 2011, 11:00:38 AM

It is 13cms tall and around 8cms at the fattest point.

Ross

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 22, 2011, 11:04:47 AM

It's absolutely not IoWSG - but I don't know what it is at all, Ross, sorry.

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: chriscooper on December 22, 2011, 04:06:30 PM

The link to the thread.......

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,45089.0.html

Includes an interesting? link (just in case anyone missed it) to a labelled Island glass Isle of Man Whitefriars style bark vase with a pontil mark blob of glass in the form of a Celtic knot.

http://www.whitefriars.com/my_photo.php?Owner=pinky&Id=2776

Title: Re: Is this vase an Isle of Man, or an Isle of Wight?
Post by: chilternhills on December 25, 2011, 05:36:48 PM

I have to agree with Sue -- not IOW. I have to confess ignorance of what it might be too!

Anton