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Title: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: glassobsessed on June 24, 2012, 08:05:00 PM

A crizzled blue vase with cream and burgundy pulled decoration. The applied foot has a snapped of pontil mark that has been fire polished with a signature (of sorts) that kind of wraps around it and what may be a date of 77 (or upside down LL). The pontil mark is only about 1.5cm in diameter so the sig is teeny tiny.

The vase is 16cm tall and feels quite 'weighty'. I had wondered if the signature started with Goss (Peter) but there does not appear to be a second S.

Title: Re: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: glassobsessed on June 24, 2012, 08:07:04 PM

And the signature.

Any ideas?

John

Title: Re: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: brewster on June 24, 2012, 09:13:34 PM

Not Peter Goss. It looks nothing like his work and definitely not his signature. See several examples of both here:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,42578.msg236766.html#msg236766

Trevor

Title: Re: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: glassobsessed on June 25, 2012, 08:41:51 AM

Thanks Trevor for confirming that, can't say I was ever convinced that first character was a G, perhaps more likely an S.

It looks something like SoSQ?ARB but that means nothing to me.

Title: Re: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: Lustrousstone on June 25, 2012, 08:52:52 AM

Could it be a Swansea postcode SA5... ?

Title: Re: Studio vase with tricky signature
Post by: glassobsessed on June 25, 2012, 08:57:13 AM

I hope not! Too many characters....