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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: goldfish85 on September 07, 2016, 08:55:04 AM
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Hi,
I found this strange looking blue vase. Maybe too short to be a vase, any info would be appreciated, thank you!
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Perhaps a tumbler, how tall is it?
Possibilities for maker might include Webb and Whitefriars but this is an area I know very little about. If you look into the glass from directly overhead do the waves produce a distinct shape?
John
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Looking at the base it appears to have been mould blown and has a cut and polished rim, with no pontil. This would negate either powell/Whitefriars or Thomas Webb IMHO.
I have a tall version in a colour that you would associate with Bristol, but have sadly never found the maker.
Nigel
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Thanks John, Nigel. I appreciate your time.
Sorry! It measures about 9 cm in height. I was wondering if it was possibly from a tea caddy? There are no distinct shapes that I can see when looking directly from above.
Kind regards
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hi - to the best of my knowledge, tea mixing bowls don't have rimmed feet like this piece - but must admit it would be a great colour for one. :)
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The proportions do look a little odd, could this have been cut down at some point in the past? Is that damage to the side of the rim in picture 2?
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I have a taller version vase in a dark amber colour, I bought it about four years ago, never found out who the maker is.
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Greg I thought so too - it just doesn't look balanced. But to be fair the cut rim does have an arriss at least on the outer edge.
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