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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: davem on April 17, 2012, 07:57:07 AM
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Hi , I passed this vase many times at a carboot stall , I picked it up each time as I thought it interesting but the damage always made me put it down again . This time I purchased another item and the vendor let me have it for free :)
I thought it was possibly Fenton but the signature matches no other in Fenton artist lists .
White under glass with blue overlay in a spiderweb or diamond design.
Not sure if pressed glass or not ?
Signed inside neck Má???? may not even be a acute (á) .
I guess 1930s pressed glass ?
Any help would be much appreciated measure 8 1/2" high
Cheers , Dave .
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It's not pressed; there is no way to get the plunger out. It's mould blown. The rule is generally if the body is wider than the neck, it's mould blown. It might be Italian
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Thanks for the good input , Dave
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American i think, the pattern seems like the same one that keeps cropping up on here, they generally take the form of rose bowls though.
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I didn't realize this type of glass was made in Italy as well. I've also come by attributions to Webb glass. Anyway, i did find something similar attributed to the Phoenix Glass Company so maybe worth a google...
It is often described as a 'Diamond Quilted' or 'Diamond Quilt' Pattern. I noticed that the pattern is slightly raised so may not be the correct description for it.
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Archimede Seguso did a pattern called grill-work which is similar looking but I have not seen it in this color or shape. Diamond quilted and quilted diamond both yeild some results that give similar items but you need to look carefully, a lot of these are satin glass and the pattern is not raised.
Doug
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Could it read ???? MacMil or MacMillan ??
??? ??? ???
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Thanks for all of the help and ideas , I have searched much more and have found similar designs but not raised as this one is .
These are close but again not raised design as with mine , they have no other info other than the fact that they are satin glass vases :(
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11353572_pair-yellow-quilted-satin-glass-tall-vases-15h
The punctuation mark over the "a" like a French A acute could be czech ?
I shall keep working on the input you have all given and many thanks again , Dave.
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Not Fenton.
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Hi again,
If you google "cut velvet stick vase" and then maybe play around with different searches adding quilted diamond and such you should be able to find examples of vases that are closer to what you have. I found one in a book I have on American Art Glass. If you click on the link I've provided, about an 1/8 of the way down the page there is a vase very similar to yours but the picture is incomplete. They attribute the vase to Mount Washington glass but this is a name people like to throw around. It may or may not be Mount Washington.
http://www.mortonsantiquestn.com/products-page/antiques/?items_per_page=all
Doug
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My goodness, I don't think you are going to do better for a match than that!
I thought I had done well finding this one>>
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/cut-velvet-diamond-quilted-satin-glass-vase-767-c-0ba9e36a5e
But Doug's could almost be your vase!!
If it is the same as this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUT-VELVET-DIAMOND-QUILTED-SATIN-GLASS-VASE-c-1900-/130471485905
then it looks like you have a bargain!!
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I have a vase that is very much like Dave's and some of the others shown in various links. Dave's would seem to be a darker shade of blue than mine and mine seems to have a smaller base area than Dave's but other than that and slight difference in size (mine is 8 7/8 inch [22.5 cm] tall) it's the same - apart from having no signature inside the neck!
I have no idea who made these. I bought mine in the early 1990s in an antiques & collectables fair (southeast England). A few years later there were a couple in red (I think) in a London auction room described as "Stourbridge Satin Air Trap". Hmmm. They were not "Air Trap" - just mould blown, as has been said. And, like mine, they did not have a "Satin" finish. When turned in the light, my vase shows glossy reflections in all parts, not a "sheen" as I would expect from a satin finish.
I would question whether lots of those found on the interweb are "satin finish".
As for the name of the pattern, maybe "Cut Velvet" is how it is described in the American collectibles arena and maybe that is also a real factory pattern name. I know not. I find it just as intriguing as the pattern name "diamond quilt" which seems to be applied to various non-pressed glass items, but appears to have its main use within pressed glass items (especially from Imperial). But even for the pressed glass items, the actual pattern seems to vary quite a lot.
So what is the truth about Dave's and my vase (and all those others)? It would be nice to know one day. :)
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I've never seen anything signed inside the neck like that.
The writing reminds me somewhat of the scrawled ITALY that you see on the bottom of a lot of Italian export pottery. The acute accent might be the cross of the T. It certainly isn't easy to write anything coherent inside the neck of a vase.
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Hi Doug and thanks for the great info , I have tried your suggestions and it certainly does look like some Mount Washington pieces , the signature inside is unusual.
I have only just spotted this reply so I hope you are not upset with my delay in thanks .
Dave.