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Title: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: keith on April 28, 2012, 06:35:23 PM

Posted this a while ago,no luck thought I'd try it again,3.5 inches high,polished pontil mark and lots of wear,any ideas? ??? ???

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: flying free on April 28, 2012, 10:24:34 PM

Does it have a pattern on it or rather in the opalescence? flowers? or leaves and stems of some sort?
m

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: keith on April 29, 2012, 12:18:30 AM

Thanks for looking m,It's in the body of the glass,leaves and what look like flower buds,the body is smooth not raised,there are glass tool marks where the rim and foot have been manipulated,it seems well made but after looking can't find anything similar,it's also difficult to photograph,although that might have something to do with the tipple I had earlier :o ::) ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: flying free on April 29, 2012, 08:36:26 AM

ooh it's interesting - are the Walsh Brocade pieces bumpy on the outside, i.e. can you feel the pattern in them as a comparison?
Also can you take a pic of it against a white background with no special lighting? to see what the vase looks like? the foot looks like a sort of Bohemian foot (or French  :-\) is it hollow through the vase into the foot? or is the foot applied.  Can we see a pic of the base please?
 ;D
m

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: keith on April 29, 2012, 12:39:48 PM

You can feel the 'brocade' pqttern this is smooth all over,the foot is hollow,only just,pic's as requested ;D ;D

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: flying free on April 29, 2012, 01:34:53 PM

yes the foot is quite 'flat' isn't it?  a sort of curved shoulders then flattened off on the base rather than curving back in.  Pontil mark ground but not highly polished?  I'll get my book out later and see what I can find.  I like the design in the glass - wonder how they did that?
m

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: flying free on April 29, 2012, 03:56:52 PM

Theres something with a similar 'effect' here under Webb scroll down to page 92 - I'm not suggesting it is Webb btw but just a bit of interest in the effect
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SB_kXdfBiBMC&pg=PA72&dq=victorian+glass+vase&hl=en&sa=X&ei=92OdT_yZFca48gO-2N3pDg&ved=0CFsQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=victorian%20glass%20vase&f=false

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: keith on April 29, 2012, 04:03:42 PM

See what you mean similar,not seen that before,the pontil mark is polished,just my cheapo camera ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: Tigerchips on April 29, 2012, 07:15:04 PM

I know it's not a glass salt (although the rim reminds me of one) but just wondering if there is a similar pattern in one of the glass salt books. Just a long shot. I saw one book in Tynemouth Station once but the price was too high for me so i left it.

Title: Re: Small white opalescent vase,help please,
Post by: keith on April 29, 2012, 08:10:51 PM

ThanksTC,something to look up ;D ;D