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Title: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: Greg. on March 27, 2012, 12:44:55 PM

I presume this particular design was a post Harris design...?

In terms of gauging the date, I was thinking mid 70s, looking at the colouring..?

Many Thanks
Greg
 :)

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 27, 2012, 12:53:50 PM

I'd agree. It bears a great deal of resemblance to the cloudy sort of effect Vicente Boffo produced, and the mark is a good early one.
It's rather wonderful!

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: Greg. on March 27, 2012, 01:03:34 PM

Thanks for the confirmation, it came with that early blue button top pulled ear I posted yesterday. I think they both previously came from the same home.

I do like the cloudy effect, very similar to an early IoWSG vase I've recently seen somewhere.  ;)

Many thanks
Greg
 :)

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 27, 2012, 01:14:27 PM

So it was you!  ;D  ;)

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 27, 2012, 03:00:10 PM

What was?  ???

A tall trailed cylinder: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/LaterMdinaGlass#5430029926009352242

Musing on these trailed cylinder vases... the cylinder vase is a shape originally from MH's time and the tall square attenuated bottles were trailed in a similar fashion plus there are the amethyst vases trailed with blue: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/LaterMdinaGlass#5625166132701213906

So, all the elements were there, when they were put together for this design is another matter....

John

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 27, 2012, 03:05:53 PM

You ask "What was?" John - we had a brief exchange in the wfs isit thing this-morning, but I wasn't sure it was this Greg, until he commented here!

I'm sure this is an MH design for Mdina - particularly given that he was expanding on Mdina designs at IoWSG, and we ended up with the far too brief "strapped" Aurene range which didn't go into major production,

Title: Re: Mdina Trailed Cylinder Vase - Dating..?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 27, 2012, 03:31:03 PM

Ah ha!

I would think it was a MH design too but no hard evidence so far, like an example with his signature.