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Title: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: Ujj on February 20, 2013, 09:25:57 PM

Can Anybody shed some light as to what this signature is please? The vase is blue and quite chunky.

Thanks

Steve

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: Wayne on February 20, 2013, 09:26:53 PM

Hi Steve, it's Mtarfa (Malta).

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: Ujj on February 20, 2013, 09:34:57 PM

Thank you Wayne that was a super fast reply

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: rosieposie on February 21, 2013, 12:56:37 PM

And I'll second that!  :)

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: glassobsessed on February 21, 2013, 03:17:51 PM

May well be but really need a photo of whole item to confirm.

John

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: rosieposie on February 21, 2013, 06:32:47 PM

That would be nice too for future reference... may we have one please?

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: Ujj on February 21, 2013, 07:47:32 PM

here is the complete picture. thanks for your help and advice. I was hoping this was going to be a hidden gem.

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: rosieposie on February 21, 2013, 07:58:40 PM

If you put 'Mtarfa blue vase' into google and look at images,  you will see a couple like yours with the same mark on the base,  and this also gives you an opportunity to see a different way the studio marked their glass with MTARFA in capitals. 
This may come in useful for another day, another find.

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: glassobsessed on February 21, 2013, 09:23:05 PM

Not sure how long this image will be viewable but here is a labelled example: Google Image (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Mtarfa-Glass-Vase-Signed-and-Labelled-/00/%24%28KGrHqMOKm4E5BWNNhcZBOVrC429uQ~~60_35.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mtarfa-Glass-Vase-Signed-and-Labelled-/230911694512?pt%3DUK_Art_Glass%26hash%3Ditem35c368d6b0&h=300&w=200&sz=15&tbnid=FMNlMIivNgnOVM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=63&zoom=1&usg=__Gr8QWLO7RYddfZv8NxVHSU-oW8Y=&docid=QhtJRboC-ENIHM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m48mUbrOGumx0QXuh4CACw&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAg&dur=1467)

John

Title: Re: Signature seems to begin with an M. Help please
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 28, 2013, 12:44:43 PM

Why should you think that it is no longer a "gem" because you now know the maker?  :) ;) :)

I'm tot being rude at all - I just think that, as your first impressiom was that it might be a gem, why should it change?
(Obviously, no longer a hidden one.)
I think a great deal of Mtarfa is highly under-rated and that it will be considered to be a highly desirable gem of a maker in its own right in the future.   8)