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Title: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on August 21, 2013, 04:06:46 PM: Now have a pair of these and at no-where near the price you see on ebay,very pleased, ;D ;D
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 21, 2013, 05:12:17 PM: ;D
I have no idea what you'd do with one of these, far less two of them, it's very attractive, but what is it?
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on August 21, 2013, 06:01:48 PM: I presume they are for short stemmed flowers but flowers look better outside and these inside, that 'sticky up bit' is a removable frog,;D ;D
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: agincourt17 on August 21, 2013, 06:42:42 PM: Thyank you for showing the, Keith.

I've seen them before, but never with any kind of frog.

Fred.
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on August 21, 2013, 08:21:20 PM: Thanks Fred,there are another seven shapes to get,I think,this is the set so far, ;D ;D
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: brucebanner on January 03, 2016, 02:21:15 PM: Missing Spry, one of the ten maybe?.

Polished pontil not signed.

1312 grams in weight.

7 1/4 inches in height, 5 inches across the rim and 4 inches across the base.
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on January 03, 2016, 03:33:27 PM: Looks right to me, ;D ;D
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: johnphilip on January 03, 2016, 08:01:10 PM: Keith there is a large basket with loop handle , candlesticks that you can pop an inset in to convert to take a posy they came in a very nice box and a few other shapes , i sold my collection at Bourne end Auctions last year you may be able to get pictures . i had them many years . Simon Cottle is a fan of Constance Spry Glass he sold an earlier collection for me at Sothebys Bond Street before he moved to Bonhams .
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: ahremck on January 03, 2016, 08:21:04 PM: My wife was very much into floral art (not floristry which is what florists do). Constance Fry was also very much into floral art. The vases were designed to "disguise" to some extent the stems of the flowers as they are not normally part of a floral arrangement. I have 2 vases by Brierley Crystal. I don't think yours will be one of her designs Bruce, they all seem to have the squiggly sides.

Ross
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on January 03, 2016, 09:22:51 PM: Thanks JP, I have seen the basket and a pair of candlesticks at a fair last year but the price was too much.
Ross, I have a large vase somewhere between Chris's piece and my signed pieces, the base does look right but difficult to tell from a picture, ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: brucebanner on January 04, 2016, 08:05:00 AM: Here is one with handles, mine could be a second that's probably why its not signed.

(That's of course if the one in the link is right it does not state if it's signed or not). The base on signed ones is near identical to mine, it's too close not to a Brierley vase i think, i do have four others, two small vases like keiths and your flared urn, i think the fourth one had no foot but god knows where they are, none of my others are signed either.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=constance+spry&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjowOy024_KAhVCURoKHS55BLwQ_AUIBygB&biw=1440&bih=793#tbm=isch&q=constance+spry+glass&imgrc=TW4ziSRg_SmmrM%3A
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: keith on January 04, 2016, 11:59:58 AM: This is the vase, it's wavy lines are less pronounced than the smaller pieces,
Title: Re: Chunky Constance Spry for show.
Post by: brucebanner on January 08, 2016, 08:38:33 PM: I'm 100% sure this new one is Royal Brierley, it's made the same, has the same base and colour and the base pattern is identical to the signed one.