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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: brucebanner on August 23, 2014, 02:09:43 PM

Title: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on August 23, 2014, 02:09:43 PM
I thought this would be easy to identify, i can not find anything on it, i'm confident it's not modern, it had the 40 years worth of dirt inside and has a lot of wear to the base.

It's 11 1/2 inches in height by 7 inches at the widest point.
Title: Re: Ble and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: SantaR on August 24, 2014, 05:19:28 PM
I had a small vase that I thought was scandinavian and everything exactly the same as yours (colour, base etc etc) except the shape.  I was thrilled with it until I got it home and took the price sticker off the base (which I should have done at the shop) and there was a sticker saying Elegant Glass Made in China.

I chucked it out in the recent downsizing move so I don't have a picture of it.

Not saying yours is but it jumped right out at me on here as Elegant.
Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: KevinH on August 24, 2014, 07:47:22 PM
[Mod: Duplicate post removed - and title in this thread changed to state "blue" instead of  "blu"]
Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on August 24, 2014, 08:00:03 PM
Might be Chinese, i've had a few of these colour vases, most i have been able to date, Swedish or German. i saw two glass vases this morning with labels (stickers) Made in China and there was no doubt they were 60's in origin.
Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: SantaR on August 24, 2014, 08:24:46 PM
It's a nice vase, anyway.  Wish I hadn't thrown mine out now!
Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: Ivo on August 24, 2014, 08:48:24 PM
You can normally tell the Chinese ones from the very weak white inner, a bit like watered down milk.  In vases from Empoli - where a similar colour was used - and vases from Elme the inner white is much firmer and thicker.
Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on August 25, 2014, 05:25:13 PM
Thanks Ivo the white coating is about 2 mm thick, there is an Empoli vase in this link with a very similar base, that's of course if the vase in the link is Empoli.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/169264563/large-italian-empoli-blue-cased-glass

Title: Re: Blue and white encased Swedish ? vase help please.
Post by: flying free on November 02, 2014, 08:00:35 PM
Ryd of Sweden used this colour a lot.
I've not been able to find a shape match on a quick search though, but it might be worth investigating as an option.
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