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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: zidori on March 15, 2013, 02:18:35 PM
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I have acquired this vase in a job lot of glass and know nothing about it. Can anyone help with identification of maker or any other information about it. Any help greatly appreciated. It is 6.5 inches high.
Regards
John
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Alum Bay Glass might be a contender.
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It might be worth contacting them to ask, Ronnie.
I agree with you Greg - a possible contender.
I might have suggested Mtarfa, if it were not for the base.
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There is a vase very similar in shape as your one on ebay advertised as Strathearn.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPERB-STRATHEARN-GLASS-VASE-ORANGE-OPAQUE-SPECKLES-STUNNING-c1970-s-/360613998229?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item53f644ee95
Gary
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It might be advertised as Strathearn, but I do not believe for one moment that it really is Strathearn! :o
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Three more of a similar shape on ebay descibed as probaly Monart Strathearn or Vasart. IMHO it is none of these makers.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Vasart-Monart-Strathearn-/64876/i.html?_mspp=&_mdo=Pottery-Porcelain-Glass&_dmd=1&_armrs=1&_pcats=45527%2C955%2C50693%2C870&_pgn=2&_skc=50&rt=nc
Gary
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Doesn't really look like Alum Bay either
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Thanks all for contributions - greatly appreciated. Hi Sue, long time no speak! The other one here (John), not Ronnie but same difference lol. My first reaction when I saw it was Mtarfa but the glass seemed too thin for that and just didn't feel right. It definitely isn't Strathearn etc.. as we are quite familiar with Scottish glass having collected it for more years than I care to remember. I will send pics to Alum Bay Glass and see what they say and let you know.
Regards
John
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I have had a response from Alum Bay Glass (many thanks) who confirmed that this is NOT one of theirs - the mystery continues.
John
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:-[
Woops, John - shows how long it's been since we talked!
This piece is bothering me. I'm sure Mdina did use a combinationof orange white and black splodges together- but I'm pretty sure there were more than just the three colours present.
But the construction of the piece - this thin glass and the "dented" base rules anything Maltese out.
I know one of the very badly dremmelled and wrongly spelled "Michael Harris" signatures was on a square shaped bottle with orange white and black splodges - this was several years ago and in the "chrism days". ;)
I am starting to wonder about Gibralta glass for this piece? I don't know much about them at all, just that a fabby bit of Mdina I bought once was listed as being Gibralta, and there's a small splodgy bit in a local charity shop - I should be able to get a peek at it's construction on Monday. It's not frilly, it's smaller than this and it's green and blue splodges.
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Thanks Sue. I have a feeling I've come across this design before but my memory fails me. The Channel Islands haven't produced glass like this, have they?
John
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Do you mean Guernsey? That tends to be marked - and the tops very, very frilly - sort of ruffley crimped - but I have not seen or handled very much of it at all. Then there was St. John's Crystal - but they tended to stick to emulating Azurene - with silver or gold foil on, and it was mostly animally things...
I've found Gibratar Crystal's web page! (having got confused about how to spell it - I thought the r on the end was just how it is pronounced in England - I didn't think it really existed - then it wanted me to download an adobe thingy that I suspect is not compatible with our pc. in order to see everything properly.)
http://www.gibraltar-crystal.com/art.html
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Doh! I omitted to tell you that the piece is surface decorated. Apologies for that Senior moment.
John
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I've had a good feel of the little bit in the shop.
It's not nearly as lightweight as flamework; it is probably slightly heavier than Alum Bay. It is surface decorated. The base indents and there is a circular mark - it looks as if the pontil scar has been heat-treated and flattened into a little round - not as if extra blob of glass has been applied, but it results in a circular flat bit.
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You are virtually desribing this vase here. The indent has certainly been smoothed although there is still a bit of sharp edging.
John
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I felt guilty about copping a feel and then reporting back here! It was in Oxfam, and I used to be a voluteer there, so I have just bought it. It's in its original box.
When I defrost enough, I'll get the camera out.
I suspect, given the weirdness of the base finish, and all the other features, that Gibralter Glass might be your answer. :)
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Lol - Thanks a lot Sue.
John
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Gibralter glass isn't somthing that we see much of - it's no bad thing to have a reference bit for any future enquiries.
(I still can't get used to the notion that there is a real r at the end of the name! :-\ )