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Title: Ribbon and Bubble Vase, Scandinavian?
Post by: Catisfaction on July 17, 2014, 01:45:12 AM

I'm starting off on the Scandinavian board as that's the biggest vibe I've gotten from this vase. If the Moderators think it belongs else where please do move it.

I purchased this a few weeks ago, I was so sure I'd seen it in a book somewhere... but weeks of searching and I'm coming up empty handed.

It's 6" tall and 2 7/8" in diameter. Thin ribbons of white criss-crossing inside a thin wall of crystal. Air trapped bubbles in the spaces between the threads. It has a pontil on the base.

Any thoughts at all about the origins of this piece?

Title: Re: Ribbon and Bubble Vase, Scandinavian?
Post by: langhaugh on July 17, 2014, 05:03:09 AM

Hi,

The latticino and the bubble inside each crossed section looks like reticello, which is a common Murano technique. I can't recall seeing it in often in anything  from Scandinavia, although Kraka by Palmqvist at Orrefors was a variation of the technique.  I've also seen it in some modern American studio glass, but I'd expect to see that signed.  So my guess would remain Murano.


David

Title: Re: Ribbon and Bubble Vase, Scandinavian?
Post by: Catisfaction on July 17, 2014, 05:05:00 AM

Thanks for the opinion David,

Murano was the other option I was going with, I've checked all the literature I have on that also to no avail.