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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Malta Glass => Topic started by: chriscooper on November 30, 2013, 10:08:13 PM
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Mdina possibly ? Isle of Wight Mmm. maybe ? Kerry probably?
Really nice example any opinions welcome.
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Those colours look like Mdina
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It's not Mdina, the colour isn't right and it is splodgy blue in clear, not something I've ever seen in Mdina.
It does look a bit like Shamrock, either Kerry or IoWSG, but as there is no mark, it is impossible to tell, really, where it's from.
One or the other I would think, though.
I'm not 100% sure.
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Thanks Sue 2 other respected collectors have also said not Mdina so will go with that :)
My gut feeling is Kerry, by the way do you like it? my initial thought was 'wow' and having sold thousands of pieces of glass I don't say that very often and in fact I have said it twice this weekend the other piece I will post too now it's an oil burner with some beautiful iridescent trailing :)
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Another thought I had later is that it might be Phoenician.
They did, early on, use this shade of blue splodge in clear to give rise to a paler shade of background with silver chloride effects. You don't see much of it around though - I only have one bit, which I bought early on, not knowing it wasn't Mdina.
But it's not nearly as nice a piece as this bowl.
Yes, I do like it Chris.
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How big is it Chris? The design looks familiar but I can not place it, Phoenician may be a good call.
The thing that had me thinking maybe not Isle of Wight Studio bell vase is the tapering instead of vertical sides.
John
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Shamrock had pale olivey green splodges, not silver chloride effects, but Kerry did use silver chloride, so although it couldn't be Shamrock, it could still be Kerry, although I am starting to lean very heavily towards Phoenician, because I've just tracked my bit down and I can get it to look exactly like your pics by turning it around in the light.
I don't have pics atm.
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It's just a little over 3" John the splodges are pale blue Sue I have a photo with the light behind it and the blue looks like the Mdina one often described as 'jewel like'
Not a great photo but maybe also shows the shape better.
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Here is that Phoenician decor:
Glaskilian (http://www.glaskilian.de/Phoenician-Glass-Vase-Mdina.533+B6YmFja1BJRD01MzMmcHJvZHVjdElEPTE3NTcxJnBpZF9wcm9kdWN0PTUzMyZkZXRhaWw9.0.html)
on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/PHOENICIAN-GLASS-VASE-STUDIO-ART-EAMES-ATOMIC-MDINA-MURANO-ERA-50s-60s-70s-/200992489816?)
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The batteries in my camera are flat, but my piece is a cylinder vase, without the heavy decor at the bottom.
The browns/ochres come out when light is coming through the piece, but reflected from the surface, it is all yellow.
I think we have reached the answer. It is Phoenician. I am absolutely certain. 8)
(I've been saying for years that Phoenician is highly under-rated. They did diversify really well from Mdina in artistic terms, it's not all "variations on a theme."). This design though, I reckon is fairly early, before real diversification started.
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:)