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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: McArt on May 08, 2014, 03:27:29 PM
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so this is another mystery piece of mine, to me it exhibits traits of different origins so I'm baffled on when/by who and where it's made.
about what I see:
cased amethyst foot, the cup decoration is made by threading a single twisted cane on a glass bubble, it's cut from top and the bottom, no pontil marks, base has evidence of age and use.
any info about it is welcome!
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Can we have a close up of the white decor please
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sure, here it is, or did you want even closer?
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That's fine. I wanted to check that it wasn't Hartil glass. It's combed
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I don't know if you're in Scotland, McArt (welcome, btw :) ) but this piece strikes me as possibly being quite new, something about it is whispering; "Mike Hunter, Twists Glass", to me.
He is fairly close to the Borders and glass does travel.
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no I'm not even near Scotland, thank you for welcoming me :) , I don't think it's new because of the wear and because it's cut from both ends, all the new art glass I encounter usually have fired rims and some kind of pontil mark, the cut rims are what is confusing to me, the technique seems venetian to me, but they usually prefer fired rims and they are not shy with the pontil and at times transfer the piece multiple times, bohemians on the other hand are not too fussy about cut rims, even top makers have them, but I have never seen such pieces from bohemian maker... so those are my thoughts, oh and the glass it quite thin too.
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Mike Hunter is a bit of an expert in filigrano techniques. His graal work can be exceptionally thin and delicate.
It's the sturdy looking base that makes me suspect fairly new - something made in the '80s is perfectly old enough to have good age-related wear, if it's been shifted around a bit and mike is about the only contemporary maker I know of who can produce work of a similar quality to the very old masters.
But it was just an idea. I don't know that much about old stuff. (as in really old, not just yesterday, like the '80s ;) )
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I forgot to mention it was purchased in France, and I appreciate your help! I'm sorry to say that I'm not familiar with Mike Hunter work, I googled him and his work really looks amazing, but I don't think it's him, would he leave unfired rim? I agree that ware could be accumulated very fast and that it is a bad measure of age, even absence of any means nothing, there are 100 year old pieces without a scratch.
to me it looks kind of Art Deco, shape looks venetian, technique venetian but execution bohemian, but I have no idea who could have made it and if any of my guesses are correct.