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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: cbern on May 07, 2016, 08:17:25 PM

Title: Identification Help
Post by: cbern on May 07, 2016, 08:17:25 PM

Looking for help identifying this piece of glassware. Apothecary Jar possibly?

Title: Re: Identification Help
Post by: KevinH on May 07, 2016, 09:37:39 PM

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Title: Re: Identification Help
Post by: cbern on May 07, 2016, 11:05:02 PM

Larger image

Title: Re: Identification Help
Post by: Ivo on May 08, 2016, 07:08:39 AM

Hiya. Strange shape, but certainly no apothecary jar which are not usually found with garish gilding and enamel.

It is a decorative glass from Bohemia (90%) or Italy (10%) in a technique the Italians call "terzo fuoco", three times fired. It is made in three operations, hence the name.

There were - and are- many companies using this technique and they are fiendishly difficult to attribute.

Title: Re: Identification Help
Post by: cbern on May 08, 2016, 10:03:02 PM

Thank you Ivo for the info!