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Title: Hyacinth vase date help please.
Post by: brucebanner on August 17, 2014, 01:57:29 PM

Hello there, can anyone give me a rough date for these please, they are hand blown with lots of inclusion and bubbles within the glass and have the look of Georgian glass , wear on the bases and rough pontils, i'm thinking at a rough guess 1850's


One is amethyst and the other Bristol green ?.

7 1/2 inches in height, 3 inches across the base and 2 1/2 inches across the rim, the green one has a pinched in base. 

Title: Re: Hyacinth vase date help please.
Post by: Paul S. on August 17, 2014, 03:39:34 PM

I'll try and give Patricia a nudge for you Chris :)

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Post by: brucebanner on August 17, 2014, 03:51:06 PM

Thanks Paul.

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Post by: Lustrousstone on August 17, 2014, 04:20:17 PM

Dear Chris,

I'm replying on Christine's computer as I'm spending a the weekend with her.
Your two vases are old, they can be anything between 1820 and 1840. By 1850 they started to have very fancy and much more stable hyacinth vases which your churns are neither. They might not be rare as such but vases of circa 200 years old, and being household glass to boot, to survive as they did is rare enough in my opinion. The colour green and amethyst (or blue) are not by chance either. People in those days thought hyacinth bulbs would grow better in very dark glass, simulating soil, daylight was kept out as much as possible. After 1850 they knew that that was nonsense.
 
Patricia

Title: Re: Hyacinth vase date help please.
Post by: brucebanner on August 17, 2014, 04:34:53 PM

Thanks both for the reply and Christine for the use of the computer and the good advice as always.

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Post by: Paul S. on August 17, 2014, 06:16:25 PM

now you can buy the lady's book Chris ;)  :)

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Post by: brucebanner on August 17, 2014, 07:33:10 PM

Send me the link and i will  :)

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Post by: Lustrousstone on August 17, 2014, 07:45:10 PM

http://www.cortex-design.co.uk/#bulbvase

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Post by: brucebanner on August 22, 2014, 06:10:12 PM

What a great book, i have found a few vases i have listed incorrectly, i'll change them and put a link to this book if that's ok in my listings, regards Chris.

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Post by: Paul S. on August 22, 2014, 08:02:08 PM

a very good book and a very good read - well worth the money for anyone interested in glass of all sorts.

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Post by: brucebanner on August 22, 2014, 08:51:12 PM

Yes, the description of types of glass is worth the money alone, it's took some real effort and passion to produce and really well put together from start to finish.

Title: Re: Hyacinth vase date help please.
Post by: Patricia on August 22, 2014, 09:00:31 PM

Thank you Chris, thank you Paul for all the compliments.
And no...of course David and I have no objections being mentioned in the listings.
I do like all the amethyst hyacinth vases, one of my favourite colours.

Patricia