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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: bobsaunders on January 31, 2014, 11:33:52 PM
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BLENKO VASE. Amber color with clear applied clear spiral ribs.
Hello, I found this yesterday at a small antique mall that almost never has anything I collect. I showed it too my wife and she said “YUCK!”. I would rather have that. But she agreed that the spiral is hand applied. The lady walked over and said that is Blenko! I know it is because she brings in Blenko. As She was wrapping it she said it had been in about three weeks.
I really liked it and the price so I took it home. A no brainier! She said at lunch=where do we have any place left too put it? Yeah really!
I am looking to confirm if Blenko and a pattern number or approximate year. I know that their glass is hand blown, and the size and workmanship tells me it probably was not a production piece they would likely send to a dealer.
Height 9 ¾ inches Width 7 inches
Base 3 1/8th inch Pontil mark 1 ½ inch
Mouth 4 1/8th by 2 ¾ inch
Circumference , app. 21 inches With tallest spiral 23 inches Widest spiral 5/8th inch
Bob
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Personally I have never seen Blenko do this type of vase...though I am no expert on Blenko.
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I'm not familair with much Blenko myself, but this looks awfully like contemporary Chinese to me. ???