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Title: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: Joscyn on July 11, 2013, 08:40:16 PM

I can't place this large (35cm) turquoise apothecary jar.  It has quite an individual hole in the stem.  (Please correct me if I get any of the terminology wrong).
Please let me know if you can help.
Yours sincerely,
Ian

Title: Re: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: cubby01 on July 11, 2013, 09:37:11 PM

Ian, I don't believe Blenko did that color combined with crystal (clear).  If I were to guess I'd say Empoli, maybe Holmegaard.   

P.S. There is a piece on ebay in red that has the same stem/foot.  They claim Blenko but I would bet lunch and dinner that it's not.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Blenko-Art-Glass-Orange-Tangerine-Vase-Wayne-Husted-/111097833210

Also the ebay listing above mentions an acid etch signature on the base (which I can't see in their pictures).  Is your piece signed?

Title: Re: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: Joscyn on July 11, 2013, 10:31:03 PM

I didn't see any Blenko catalogues that had this in and Blenko is one house that has lots of 60s catalogue pictures online.  There is no signature but the pontil mark / scar is very similar as the ebay item.  I suppose it just goes in the "interesting, unknown" file at the moment!
Thanks,
Ian

Title: Re: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: Ivo on July 12, 2013, 06:14:27 AM

Why file under unknown when it has been identified as Empoli?

Title: Re: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 12, 2013, 06:56:37 AM

Blenko would always be a last resort attribution in the UK, as it's pretty uncommon whereas Empoli and similar Czech glass lines the streets. Has it really got a pontil mark? Can we see a picture please

Title: Re: ?Blenko Apothecary jar
Post by: Joscyn on July 12, 2013, 04:19:42 PM

Thank you, Ivo and Christine, and here is a picture of the base with what appears to be some sort of mark but you may find it isn't a pontil mark/scar but some other manufacturing mark??  I am learning all the time!
Yours sincerely,
Ian