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Title: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 05, 2016, 08:24:43 PM
Any thoughts on this one, a lot of base wear but heavy, 2.7 kg.

32 cm in diameter and 16 cm in height.

regards Chris.
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: Greg. on April 05, 2016, 08:30:32 PM
Webb Flair?
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brewster on April 05, 2016, 09:48:11 PM
It looks like Webb's 'Flair' range to me, too. I posted one in a similar colour but different shape a few years ago here (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,47967.msg270169.html#msg270169). You'll see that mine has a prominent maker's mark that is acid etched.

Other examples can be found in that thread and by searching on the board.

Trevor
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: keith on April 05, 2016, 10:44:42 PM
Similar shape to mine but your bubbles are all over, ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 06, 2016, 08:02:27 AM
No wonder I could not find it searching Scandinavian glass. It now has pride of place on my favourite window sill (until something else comes along), thanks all.
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 11, 2016, 05:36:25 PM
Found today  (I'm not going to mention the price) another pair of Alexadrite Flair's?. The  shape look right to signed one's online  in a different colour but the base is polished flat.

6 inches and 6 3/4 inches in diameter.

They go from purple in daylight to blue under a standard energy saving bulb.

Not signed.
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 11, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
I don't think those are Webb Flair for two reasons: no crystal casing and that they are neodymium glass. I might go for Czech
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 11, 2016, 06:23:58 PM
Ok thanks for that Christine, I still have an awful lot to learn, they all copied each other that's the problem.

Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: keith on April 11, 2016, 07:48:52 PM
Webb did do 'flair' bowls but were a slightly different shape and what Christine said  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: David E on April 11, 2016, 09:48:53 PM
Here's my ruby one   :-[ ::) ;D   that's virtually the same weight as yours, Chris at 2.77kg. The bubbles are confined to the ruby core.
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 12, 2016, 06:38:36 AM
Which one is Webbs?.

One has a rough pontil, one has a flat polished base and the other a smooth polished concave base signed Webbs.

Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: keith on April 12, 2016, 12:25:28 PM
Big one on the left at the back ?  ;D
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on April 12, 2016, 12:41:12 PM
Nope, the big one has a rough pontil and wear to the top, I think used as a match striker.
Title: Re: Blue control bubble vase help please.
Post by: keith on April 12, 2016, 02:47:44 PM
Could still be a Webb piece, one similar, marked,  ;D