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Title: Help to ID a glass vase
Post by: reff8151 on October 21, 2012, 06:03:44 PM

I have this vase it is roughly 12.5 inchs tall and 7 inchs wide and 4.5 inchs on the bottom and top.. There is no markings on the vase. It was my grandmothers.. Any help would be greatly appreciated . thanks.
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Title: Re: Help to ID a glass vase
Post by: NMott on October 21, 2012, 07:14:00 PM

Looks similar to this sort of Victorian painted milk glass:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/newlyn-antiques/6216406433/

http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/pair_of_victorian_milk_glass_florrel_painted_vases/as153a428

They were cheap & cheerful household decoration of their day.

Title: Re: Help to ID a glass vase
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 21, 2012, 07:27:17 PM

They weren't that cheap. Bohemian, end 19th C/very early 20th C

Title: Re: Help to ID a glass vase
Post by: reff8151 on October 21, 2012, 09:18:11 PM

Thanks for the replies my aunt which is my grandmothers sister said it was there moms and it was from late 1800s.. thanks again