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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Alfies Dad on December 07, 2014, 11:16:33 AM

Title: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: Alfies Dad on December 07, 2014, 11:16:33 AM

Can anyone help identify the age and origin of this opalescent vase, the glass contains lots of fine air bubbles, the applied base looks to have a folded foot rim and the straps have a little gold added.
Thank you, Rob.
Photos to kindly follow by Anne.  :) <--- Mod: Now added for you. :)

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: Alfies Dad on December 11, 2014, 12:28:51 PM

Here's my thoughts, maybe early to mid 20th century murano, could be very wrong though.

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: glassobsessed on December 11, 2014, 01:00:49 PM

Looks more like bits of silver leaf or mica rather than air bubbles.

How tall is it?

John

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: Paul S. on December 11, 2014, 01:56:56 PM

I'd agree with the Murano suggestion ...............   opalescence plus folded foot plus gold coloured inclusions all point in that direction, and might be even later than mid C20.

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: glassobsessed on December 11, 2014, 04:07:34 PM

I too agree on Murano, though date wise I would favour late 19th C as things stand.

John

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: Paul S. on December 11, 2014, 04:38:21 PM

Opalescent certainly seems to have had a long life span..........   Salviati and his Venetian revival etc. appear around the 1860's, and as an type of art glass it was still being made as far as I know in the 1960's, but..............   would the earlier stuff have had the gold inclusions etc., and do we think this piece has sufficient of the Venetian style about it?                 To me this looks too chunky when compared with late C19 period pieces.
Do we know the extent of wear on this one?

Title: Re: Opalescent vase, age and origin unknown.
Post by: Alfies Dad on December 11, 2014, 05:24:12 PM

Thanks John & Paul, measures approx 7 inches high, definetly lots of fine air bubbles and the rim has a fair amount of wear on the base, not sure what mica is, I will look that up.
Thanks again, Rob  :)