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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Simba on April 13, 2013, 10:25:31 PM
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As requested... I was wondering which are my favourite 3 pieces of glass and decided these (well today they are ;) )
What 3 pieces (no cheating only 3 !!) would you choose and why ?
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Impossible for me to choose only three so Lin (my better half) picked her favourites,
1.Okra,signed Golding,1992,
2.Large 'wedding bell'
3. 1998 Caithness paperweight,'Traditional Pool'
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a lovely selection Keith - and oh so hard to choose!
1) Holmegaard Kraveskaal bowl - a perennial favourite
2) William Manson Overlay Paperweight - Flowers and butterfly 1 of 10
3) Murano sommerso triple cased vase
But ask me next week and all could change!
JAK
West Oz
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I could not choose my favourite 3 Monart pieces so I have picked my favourite 3 non Monart.
1/ Classic Vasart tulip lamp and still being used.
2/ Peter Holmes paperweight, the one and only paperweight that I have bought at an auction.
3/ Franco Tofollo one of a pair I commissioned Franco to make for me.
Gary
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:) Like Gary, I had to do some restricting - so these are my best very early british-ish studio glass pieces.
Sam Herman, Michael Harris and Michael Harris
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Oh crikey, how could I limit it to just 3???!!! :'(
OK, so disregarding the trinket sets, all of which I find fascinating, I've chosen three pieces by contemporary makers, because they are so different from the rest of my collection!
1. Andrew Sanders bowl
2. Allister Malcolm bowl
3. Uredale bauble
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A hard task really... At the moment I´d choose these:
1. Josef Inwald Barolac lidded box
2. Franz Welz fan-shaped knuckles vase
3. Karl Wiedmann Gralglas ´Fumaris´ vase
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I want your Welz, Dirk. Guard it carefully if I'm ever anywhere near you! ;D
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What Sue said,great vase Dirk, ;D ;D
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Thank you. ;D
Sue, I´d take your Sam Herman in return - I like silver chloride on glass.
And Keith... well, I´m sure I´d be having as much problems to only pick three pieces
from your collection like I had with mine.
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I've limited my three to European rather than U.S. #1 is signed August Jean, #2 has the Harrach blade marking & #3 is an I'am not certain...bottom of metal is signed Riceszinn & it barely beat out a Palais-Royale Camel Perfume set from the 1860s.
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I've had to base it on what pieces would I rescue, if I could only carry three :)
These are they, because I think I would never be able to replace them
1) I call it my Anarchist punk rock pate-de-verre head sculpture - have never looked at another sculpture since I bought this and I still absolutely love it and look at it every day.
2) Big crackle trailed 19th century vase believed French - damaged but again I've never stopped loving this vase
3) Cameo vine and grapes vase - damaged, the most beautiful blue that literally glows
m
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M, they are all three gorgeous!
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thank you :-*
Ken I love your Auguste Jean vase, actually I love all the pieces on this thread already ;D
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Ken could that be Kayserzinn ? they did a lot of pewter on glass . sorry if I am teaching Gran to suck eggs as we say . :-[
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Dirk, I'd have your Weidman like a shot too!
The Sam Herman has both silver chloride and tin decoration - I see your Weidman has tin on the surface too.
Simba, this was a wonderful idea. :-*
It's more concentrated and specific than the "displays" thread - so it's completely different.
I hope it will turn into another lovely long sticky of glorious and educational eye candy!
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Cheers Sue... I am loving it looking at all these glorious and diverse 'favourites'and I am learning loads about other types of glass too ;D
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We've had a long debate about a selection of favourite Australian studio pieces. After the dust settled, we marvelled that none of them is blown to shape: in fact, one is entirely kiln formed, another is assembled from parts that are either fused and slumped in the kiln or pate-de-verre, while the third is hot-worked like pieces of toffee and then assembled on a base that is cast. The 9-legged 'vase' is by Peter Crisp in 1992 and about 31cm high by 29cm diameter. The large panel by Warren Langley is about 84cm high by 60 cm wide (and made of material up to 3cm thick - so it is heavy!), while the sculpture of mother and child by Chuck Simpson from 1993 is 36cm high by 18cm wide by 13 cm deep.
Trevor
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Johnphillip: nope its Riceszinn & all I've ever found on them is they were an Austrian firm & you can find Loetz, Kralik & Rindskopf pieces with their mountings on them.
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Ken that's interesting ,,,,, another one for the book , not that I can afford a lot of that stuff . cheers
jp
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Ken, the glass in your Riceszinn looks to me like a Kralik décor with Mica inclusions....
Great stuff here......
Craig
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So, I will likely have to break these down into categories.... so I will start with early bohemian glass in my collection.....
1) Loetz Rosa Argentan pair (I think of them as 1)
2) Kralik Abstract Flower pair (I think of them as 1)
3) Early Welz produced with a colorant process they patented. I find the color, and simplisticly clean modernist form to be fascinating for a ca. 1900 example.
Next I will do interwar Czech glass.
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Interwar Czech Glass:
1) Welz Decanter set.... I love love love this set.... 1 of 2 decanter sets from Welz I have ever seen.
2) Kralik in an un-named decor. Only example I have ever seen. Marked with an arched Czechoslovakia on the underside and 10 inches tall.
3) Kralik Red threaded double Gourd. Also marked with the arch stamp.
Craig
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Thanks Craig, I appreciate the Kralik info. You have some great stuff there.
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Thanks Ken, Here is a link to a page with a couple of examples on it. I have more, but have not updated the page yet.
http://www.kralik-glass.com/kralikmicaarray.html
Craig
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Great decanter set Craig,that early Welz,is that shape indicative of Welz ?as I've a small pale green,very plain vase that has yet to be id'd, ;D ;D
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Hi Keith.
Thanks on the decanter set. I just found a little covered piece with applied green feet in the same decor to go with it.
Regarding the tall Welz piece..... It is the only example in that shape I have seen by them. I really only ID's it as a result of the glass itself, and other examples I have seen. The glass is unmistakable. This example is about 11 inches tall..... Largest example I have seen in the decor.
Send me a pic of the green one.... would be glad to take a look...
Craig
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Ok.three of many possible favourites ::) ;D ;D,
WMF,
Large Royal Brierley Studio and
Kralik bowl.
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;D
Your fabby Kralik knuckle is like mine! (same colourway) ;D
I want to turn it upside-down and hang great long chains of beads from the rim and use it as a lampshade. 8)
Michael won't stay in the same room as it. He hates it with a vengeance. ::)
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Strange,Linda doesn't like it,says it looks weird/alien,I think they are great,I try not to mention her doll collection :o ;D ;D
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I'm trying to convince Michael it is weird and alien - he's not convinced, even when I turn it upside-down and tell him to imagine it crawling on the sea bed.
He just thinks it's "frilly". ::)
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What a difficult task!!!!!
I am going to give my Australian made favopurites in the post and the non-Aussies in my next.
The task is made especially hard as I just bought 3 wonderful pieces at the Ausglass conference in Wagga Wagga and 2 more in Canberra. I will leave them out for now.
#1 Tom Levkovski's blue decanter - one of my earliest purchases and I love its lines still.
#2 Ben Edols Vase - it is approximately 30 cms in diameter and is mad in one complete spiral. Amazing. I have included a close-up of the canework which at first glance seems to be a mesh.
#3 Colin Heaney Oil Lamp from an early sea theme series c.1990
Gosh I could easily add another set of three - Richard Clements small vase, Peter Goss larger vase, Richard Swift's huge slumped vase with its myriad flowing streams of tiny,tiny bubbles. And for the next set of three, .......
Ross
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Now for really hard choices:
#1 From Japan. A Kamei vase I am almost certain. The surface "lumps" match an identified Kamei vase and the way they are arranged is also very similar.
#2 From Bohemia. A neodymium decanter with a three graces frieze.
#3 From Denmark. A Per Lutken designed "Greenland" torpedo vase about 30cms tall and oh so elegant.
Ross
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My favourite collection is easy I have lots of Webb Coronation Crystal - that I use all the time.
The goblets are especially good with Champagne & Spumante - only 4 glasses to the bottle!
I have 2 decanters, the Jug, and sets of 8 White Wines, Goblets and Tumblers. Somewhere I also have a single tumbler of a clear/black range which have different decoration and is rare in Australia.
Ross
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nice stuff.... I find it will have to be done in categories also....
Craig
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OK, So now I will add my 3 favorites I would classify as Organic forms.....
1) Kralik Vulcan - A new acquisition. I generally do not buy damaged glass, but could not resist this one. It displays well to one side and is not often seen. 6 inches wide and 5 tall.
2) A Welz knuckle vase - I love these by Welz and also Kralik. 6 x 5 x 6 inches.
3) An early piece which has been attributed to Kralik, but I have never been certain of that..... stands about 8.5 inches tall
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Miss... they are cheating ;D
Having posted my three, I now find that even if I try and replace one of them I can't. Those are definitely the three I'd run with if I had to.
I might be able to find three more as second best though ;D
m
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M..... It is not cheating..... It is evidence of the inability to make a decision.... I tried to just pick 3.... After hours of thought I found it was simply an impossible task.... so I just had to turn to "categories"..... and I have more categories to come.... :-)
and your 3 are spectacular... I love love love the face....
Craig
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My favs...hard to pick only 3....but will try:
1). Kamei Vase Japan
2). Murano 1950's (Pair) Working Lamps
3). Kralik 12 inch Martele Vase
I would have to say these, I think...err I hope, I guess as my top 3.
Have to say I still LOVE the colors of item #1 ;)
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I wish I could get my hands on some of those beautiful pieces. They are absolutely fab. Out of all glass acquired, I would most definitely say,................. that these are my ultimate favourites..........but that too can change, overnight!! ;D
a. Venetian Amethyst Ewer Jug
b. Venetian Napkin Holder
c. Mat-Su-Noke Vase
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Fabulous stuff... both Rose and Otis....
Craig
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I don't seem to be able to get away from early-ish studio glass...
Bjorn Weckstrom... foot (circa ~ '76 or shortly after)
Annette Meech... mushroom ('71)
Jim Megura ('85) - yes, Oldglassman's colleague who now has a career involving ancient glasses - he can often be found at the fairs over here.
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That Vulcan Vase is mesmerising. I'm glad you like my favourites Craig. I was a bit hesitant in posting these, especially when you see what the other collectors have got. Wow! That's put me on a high again now, even with my current restrictions. ;D
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I did my three favorite European pieces now its U.S. & I am partial to the 1890s Brides Baskets eve if they are on the large side. These are all Mt. Washington although the middle & right melon shaped pictures were made for Smith Bros. Decorating Co. after the split from Mt. Washington.
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I love this thread - Sue, your foot is superb!
m
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Nice examples Ken, although I do not collect those, I secretly like them...... don't tell my wife......
Sue, does that goblet with the foot walk across the table to bring you a drink?
Craig
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It only moves when when I'm not looking, Craig. ;D
I believe there are only 5 foot goblets in total, this one is the only one which is not signed... which is why the decidedly jammy person who owns the other 4 let me have it. The modelling is absolutely superb - it might look slightly squint - but that is exactly how the bottom of somebody's leg would look, when standing - it would be balanced if it was one of a pair.
It does look "alive". ;D
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Hi
Now for something completely different ;D.
Choosing only 3 was very difficult so this is todays choice .
1 J Odaccio, Templeogue glass house Dublin c 1680
2 A Light Baluster wine goblet probably engraved by Jacob Sang Amsterdam c 1760 showing the Arms and war pennants of the Province of Holland
3 An English lead late 17thc Facon de Venise wine glass c 1690 finely stipple engraved at a later date in the manner of G Hoolaart Dordrecht 1731/1816 Ex Ac Hubbard Collection .
cheers ,
Peter.
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N# 3
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no 3 is absolutely stunning.
m
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I've been searching through my books, to find what it is called - there's goblet on page 62 or GSavage Glass plate 82
'Goblet (perhaps English) stippled with a man dining, by Aert Schouman. Signed, dated 1751' - it's one of my very favourite pieces in that stippled technique.
m
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Sorry folks....oldglassman wins it for me. That third piece is a stunner :o and the second piece I would think I was lucky if I saw it in a museum. This thread was a good idea. Great to see the favourite pieces are so different.
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Oldglassman is winning hands down for me too ;D
Funnily enough, it's goblet No1 that floats my boat.
It is very simply, perfection. My hands are itching to hold it.
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I have never seen that stippled technique before it is incredible.
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Have a wee google on the name James Dennison-Pender if you'd like to see some amazing contemporary stippling. ;D
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Just googled....wow the man's a genius !!
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Thats a stonking 1st 2nd 3rd oldglassman :o
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Hi ,
Thanks all for the comments,
Sue(m),,, visitors to my little collection are always welcome to have whatever tipple is theirs from whatever glass they fancy ,
cheers ,
Peter.
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I'll hold you to that, Peter. :-*
(non-alcoholic but brewed, ginger beer for me - with a double belgian chocolate chip ice-cream float. Hmm, perhaps a bit messy for your perfect goblet! ;D )
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;D you forgot the flake ;D
cheers ,
Peter.
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No flake Peter - the "chocolate" in flakes is a mere brown-coloured confection of fat and sugar. I'm a choccie snob, I'm afraid.
However, back to glass...
Alison Kinnaird storm lantern - pre-'76, from her studio in Edinburgh.
Graham Muir, "Waveform", 2005
Michael Harris Precious Baby Fish. The smallest one known, just 3.75" tall, dated to '68 by Tim and Elizabeth Harris.
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I wonder can we restart this great strand. So I am going to give it a go.
!. Jenni Kemarre Martiniello - Aboriginal Fishtrap - 77cms long. She designs glass and is herself Aboriginal from central Australia - hence the Kemarre which denotes a region like for example Champagne does in France.
2. I think it is a Bohemian Comport. I love it because it has over 1200 cuts to make its decoration and ios only about 15 cms tall.
3. Murano filigree/Zanfirico vine leaf small bowl. My first ever bit of glass - and still a favourite
Special: A memorial for my Black Swan - my Anglo-Indian wife Meyance. She wanted me to get a paperweight - but I thought otherwise She was the wind beneath my wings.
Ross
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Beautiful and very unusual pieces.
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your own angel, Ross.
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A lovely idea for the thread Ross. I love your swan. Her face is so serene and she's beautifully crafted.
Your three pieces are so individual and it's made me think about how wide collectors of glass cast their net. Or it could just be me ;D I never seem to manage to collect one thing really. There's always something 'amazing' that I must just have for whatever reason strikes me at the time, regardless of whether it fits in.
I'll have to think over whether I might change any of the three items I posted last :)
m
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So, this is an almost impossible task :)
I've spent days thinking about it (do I take the rarest or the most valuable or the smallest and easiest to carry?) . I suspect that in reality I would take the smallest and easiest to carry. However, that aside I've decided I would still take the pate de verre head. It's quite an amazing piece and I know nothing about the maker so still research interest there.
I would change the other two pieces:
a) Instead I would take a cameo glass egg - again, maker unknown but it's old and precious and beautifully carved. If you look at it side on it's a clear glass egg within a carved egg so it looks like a caged egg.
b)And a piece I have which is late 1600s - too rare and special not to save it - pic not included.
m
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Almost impossible indeed. So I tweeked the criteria a bit. I offer three of my favorite pieces I used to own and would pay good money to have back.
1.Cased roundel engraved. Depicting Columbia with liberty cap, eagle and shield. Typical mid 19th century patriotic iconography. Bohemian for the American market c.1840-1860. Further details can be had on the Corning Museum website as it resides in their collection now.
2. Cut and engraved tumbler. France 1820-1840. One of the best I have seen of this genre
3. A modern piece by master engraver Edmond Suciu on a marked Orrefors blank. Shallow oval bowl depicting Native Americans c.mid 1830s. Also marked EDMOND AFTER CARL BODMER. Other examples of his work can be found on his website https://www.edmondartglass.com (https://www.edmondartglass.com)
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Thought I'd add my favourites, a Webb cameo vase, a nice piece of Stevens and Williams and a Royal Brierley 'Kyoto' table lamp.
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Cagney, love the dog in no.2, he looks great - loads of character! It doesn’t look like they used many marks but very effective.
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These tumblers turn up and now and again, Almost always with the flared out top and greyhound. Documented American examples have straight sides and are sort of French as well. It is documented that Thomas Pears enticed some French engravers to emigrate to Pittsburgh and work for Bakewell. It is believed that they are responsible for bringing the pattern? to this country.
The engraved lamb is kinda nice as well. I swear it is looking at me.
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The Mona Lisa of lambs ;D
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I think the roundel might be a ?lithophane is it? I think that's what they were called. Karl Pfohl did some in blue.
m
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I never thought of that aspect. The delicate shading of background trees are lithopane like. I cannot recall seeing a glass lithopane. The "story" that came with the purchase was that it came from a window in a old New Jersey house.The fact that the Corning Museum is not quite sure of it's function sort of leaves it open. Have you accessed it on their website? If you put " engraved roundel" in the search function it will bring it up directly along with a similar piece that features a U.S. civil war general.
The victorian soot in the crevices actually seem to enhance the engraving except on Columbia"s chin. [ is that a beard?]