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Title: NO idea about this one
Post by: ardy on January 22, 2012, 04:56:13 AM
Hi All

haven't bought much lately but a friend of mine turned up with this today. it is about 200mm (8") high and weighs about 1kg. Very solid with several large bubbles trapped inside and a broken off pontil.

Looks as if it could be old but who knows - maybe you :X:

regards
Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: langhaugh on January 22, 2012, 07:46:20 AM
Might be better off in "Glass". Interesting but I don't have clue.

David

Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: MuranoArtGlassChandeliers on January 22, 2012, 10:11:33 AM
Hi

This looks very much like it is Czech in origin simply by the style used and probably dates from the 1950s onwards

Hope this helps and gives you somewhere to start

Dean
Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: astrid on February 22, 2012, 05:05:46 PM
If the Czech connection doesn't work out, perhaps Germany is another option. Swirled bubble patterns appear a lot in German glass, though I've never seen a shape like that.

Astrid
Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: scavo on February 22, 2012, 06:16:59 PM
It looks similar Maltese or Isle of White kind of stuff. Alum Bay glass has pontils left on like that.

You say 'very solid' - that's a little confusing, is it solid? Is it a door stop? I assume you originally listed in paperweights.
Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: ardy on February 22, 2012, 08:24:02 PM
Quote from: scavo on February 22, 2012, 06:16:59 PM
It looks similar Maltese or Isle of White kind of stuff. Alum Bay glass has pontils left on like that.

You say 'very solid' - that's a little confusing, is it solid? Is it a door stop? I assume you originally listed in paperweights.
Hi Scavo thanks for the ideas, it is a vase albeit with 2 very small openings but for its size it weighs a lot.
regards
Title: Re: NO idea about this one
Post by: scavo on February 22, 2012, 10:36:34 PM
Now I see it.

You could always email IoW, Alum Bay if not at least to rule them out. They are both still going and I believe they do respond. They have catalogues online but I don't think I've seen this shape in them.