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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: millarart on May 29, 2013, 01:17:16 PM
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Its been a long wait but its here at last, newest purchase Monart vase, early orange lined, unusual colourway, shape N 10inches high without fitting, im sure someones just added the fitting though I know you get Monart lamp vases this one is not acid washed inside, but I think it looks stunning when lit, theres a few colours through the vase, including deep purples, blues, greens, red, browns, plum,black the whorls are well done, it really is a massive lump and is lined in orange, unground base with early pontil, , you cannot see all these colours in the pictures but I will try to other pictures soon,
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more pics
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Of course, you are now stuck with the unenviable problem of finding a suitable lampshade for it!
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lol im going down town to look today, don't know what colour to get lol
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Avoid red if you can't find an exact match. You'd be better with something which contrasts rather than clashes - and reds clash with each other.
One will make the other look orange, while the other will make the other one look blue.
Green does not clash with anything. (Just look in your garden to check!)
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Avoid red if you can't find an exact match. You'd be better with something which contrasts rather than clashes - and reds clash with each other.
One will make the other look orange, while the other will make the other one look blue.
Green does not clash with anything. (Just look in your garden to check!)
thanks for the tip Sue, I was gonna try and find a deep red/ plum,purple some thing along them lines, even a burnt orange , god I dunno know lol
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Below is a link to vintage lampshades, you might find something there to suit.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=vintage+lampshades&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_armrs=1&_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=vintage+lampshades&_sacat=0
Gary
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cheers Gary
im thinking of buying a parchment shade same kinda shape that they used in Libertys and getting artist friend to paint it to match,
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Parchment was my first thought for "period suitability". :)
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Parchment was my first thought for "period suitability". :)
yip agreed sue , ive seen a few that look pretty close to ones Libertys used, just have to suss the right size to suit
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For flower arrangements, I believe the "official" flower to vase ratio should be 3:2.
(going back to what I learned during bits of Duke of Edinburgh Awards - blame them if I'm wrong!)
I would imagine this proportion would be pleasing for a lamp too.
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For flower arrangements, I believe the "official" flower to vase ratio should be 3:2.
(going back to what I learned during bits of Duke of Edinburgh Awards - blame them if I'm wrong!)
I would imagine this proportion would be pleasing for a lamp too.
thanks Sue sounds about right , al go find measure tape lol
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Well, you don't need to go putting something on top of it that detracts from it, you need something which will be balanced and make it look better than it does alone. The light inside it really is a good idea - even if it's not originally intended as a lamp.
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im not too sure if it was just a vase that someone has put a fitting in or if it maybe started off as a lamp as ive been told that libertys put their own fittings in the Monart vases and the same fittings were used in the pieces of Moorcroft etc that they sold , I assume they had the lamp shades painted to match the vase colourways, if this is the case then these vases would not be acid washed inside, so can anyone tell me if this is the case, so now I would like to know did Monart sell them just the basic vase or did Monart supply the vases (acid washed) with fittings and colour matching shades to Libertys or did Libertys just add the fittings and shades themselves, if you look at the Moorcroft vase lamps and other makers vase lamps that they sold they seem to have the same fittings on them , so this could be possible that Libertys had a supply of different size and style fittings that they used on various makers vases whether glass or ceramic and they picked and used them to suit the piece, if this is the case did Monart sell vase lamps from their factory that maybe they acid washed them to diffuse the light, ???????
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Before my time, in oh-so-many-ways, Gary! ;D
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Before my time, in oh-so-many-ways, Gary! ;D
hee hee