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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Ivo on April 04, 2013, 09:49:18 AM
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Cut crystal ball vase, height 11,5 and 8,5 cm respectively.
Feels German to me - or Czech or Polish. Can anyone confirm?
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Don't know, but from the title of the thread I thought you'd had a nasty accident! :o
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Hi Ivo, I have some similar to yours but bigger (20 cms aprox). Mine are Val Saint Lamert (I wrote VSL and they confirmed that were made by them)
I attach a photo
Best
Hugo
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That makes sense - a lot of it. We do see mucho VSL around here. It will go into the Belgian dept pronto - and will look for further evidence. Thanking you!
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What a title!! Well it made me look anyway!!
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Is that the Nurse in you Rosie ? :-[
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As a fan of cut glass, I'm very impressed by the cutting on Hugo's example - curved mitres are particularly difficult, so I understand - and I'm not surprised that they are from a top end factory. Great pieces Hugo. :)
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Quick glance through 80s Ceska and also Nactmann cat show the shape but not pattern.
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As a fan of cut glass, I'm very impressed by the cutting on Hugo's example - curved mitres are particularly difficult, so I understand - and I'm not surprised that they are from a top end factory. Great pieces Hugo. :)
Thanks for your comments Paul, these are beautiful pieces indeed, I have two, same size but different circles diameters, the one shown has bigger circles than the other.
I am not an cut glass expert but I was told exactly the same about the difficult of curves in cutting glass and I agree about the quality, VSL is one of my favorite glass manufacturer because of that.
I have also a "Jupiter" vase from VSL, do you know it? it is a stunning piece! I love it and it was a bargain when I found it!
Best
Hugo
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regret I don't know of the Jupiter vase Hugo - and I've just looked through Pamela's VSL catalogue but haven't seen it. Would agree that some of the 1930 - 40 period cased/cut material is fantastic, especially the linear deco style of cutting - also the straw coloured pieces are very beautiful. You must show us your Jupiter vase some time.
This sort of VSL is a little beyond my budget, unfortunately, and I now stick to U.K. pieces only, so tell myself I wouldn't collect them anyway :'(
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regret I don't know of the Jupiter vase Hugo - and I've just looked through Pamela's VSL catalogue but haven't seen it. Would agree that some of the 1930 - 40 period cased/cut material is fantastic, especially the linear deco style of cutting - also the straw coloured pieces are very beautiful. You must show us your Jupiter vase some time.
This sort of VSL is a little beyond my budget, unfortunately, and I now stick to U.K. pieces only, so tell myself I wouldn't collect them anyway :'(
Hi Paul, you coldnt find this vase at a VSL catalogue because it is a handmade piece, I think they only made it by a client order, you can see it at:
http://www.val-saint-lambert.com/#/products/index/detail/id/214/lang/en
It is completely beyond my budget also! but as I told you, I found it as an incredibly bargain ! (U$S 35) could you believe it???? also the two cutted balls were incredibly cheap! (around U$S 70 each)
Here some photos:
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you are very lucky indeed Hugo - what a bargain ;D - I must come with you on your next collecting trip - it's a beauty.
You've made me very jealous - I'm considering putting my wife 'on the streets' so that I might then afford some VSL glass ;D ;D
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you are very lucky indeed Hugo - what a bargain ;D - I must come with you on your next collecting trip - it's a beauty.
You've made me very jealous - I'm considering putting my wife 'on the streets' so that I might then afford some VSL glass ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D VERY FUNNY! everything is justified for a collector! ;D ;D
Yes! I was lucky with those pieces!
The Jupiter vase has a curious story also: when I bought it I wrote VSL to confirm that it was a Jupiter vase as I suspected, I had some doubts because I found some differences in the cutting pattern with the one shown at VSL website and I noticed that mine has a monogram etched: "MFP" and they reply me:
Monsieur, Il s’agit bien d’un vase Jupiter de chez nous.
Le dessin de la taille n’est pas coutume. J’imagine donc qu’il s’agit d’une pièce unique et non d’une pièce faite en série. Pour votre information: Le monogramme présent sur votre pièce est le monogramme du prince Philippe et de la princesse Mathilde.
C'est donc une pièce qu'ils ont du offrir.
Bien à vous,
Translation:
sir, It is indeed a vase Jupiter from us.The design of the cutting pattern is not custom. So I guess it is a unique piece and not a piece made in series. For your information: The monogram on your piece is the monogram of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde.
This is a piece they commissioned as a gift.
Sincerely,
COULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
I live in Argentina, in fact I bought it in Buenos Aires, so I wonder how I find this piece HERE!
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wow - what unbelievable luck Hugo. In the U.K. we describe such things (an item that has belonged to the rich and famous, or perhaps infamous), as 'association pieces' - it will certainly increase the value several fold I should think.
Never ceases to amaze me the extent to which glass travels and seems to move around the globe. Perhaps the person for whom the prince and princess had the vase made was going through a bad patch and was forced to pawn the vase ;)