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Title: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 18, 2017, 11:15:31 PM

Around 8 inches tall, polished pontil mark and two sets of fish, apologies for the images, I took them but not my camera  ::) ;D ;D looks very Scandi to me.

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 22, 2017, 11:06:48 PM

Would a kind moderator move this to the 'Scandi' section please, might get a hit or two,ta  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: Anne on October 22, 2017, 11:12:12 PM

Nope, cos ID's belong in Glass, Keith. We will move it once it is determined to be Scandi, but the country forums are not primary ID forums. Sorry. :)

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 23, 2017, 12:35:49 PM

 ::) Oops, should have realised that  ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: glassobsessed on October 23, 2017, 01:20:28 PM

The fish remind me of an engraved Whitefriars vase that I had a while back Keith, the fish were placed front and back much like yours. Colour and shape were different though, sorry don't have time to search right now.

John

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 23, 2017, 04:34:41 PM

Thanks for looking John, have seen their clear vases with fish but not this colour.  ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 23, 2017, 05:30:19 PM

 :)
The wfs ones have a whale on one side and a shoal of fairly simple stylised fish on the other. I've attached a pic I have of their shoal of fish. I don't have the vase any more, so can't do anything to improve the image.
The vase itself looks rather wfs-ey to me, it's their sort of colour and has big optic ribs, but I don't think it is. It's just their sort of generic style. :)
The fish on this vase are far more complex and detailed.

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 23, 2017, 07:08:32 PM

Thanks Sue, I'll do some 'fishing'  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 23, 2017, 07:30:18 PM

Hope you manage to net something good.
Tight lines!

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 23, 2017, 08:39:37 PM

I'm sure I'll get an angle on it  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 30, 2017, 01:49:39 PM

Any thoughts ?  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 30, 2017, 04:45:41 PM

I had several, :-[ but decided I shouldn't keep carping on about it or we'll get cafe-d again.

However, I do think the style of the fish should be investigated. They are a bit different to most and really quite complex. The style is really rather distinctive.

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 30, 2017, 04:51:20 PM

I thought that also, I've been searching through various Scandi factories and makers from Stromberg to Kosta but nothing similar  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 30, 2017, 05:16:34 PM

What they remind me of is decorative oriental fish. Specifically the rather kitsch ones drawn by Disney in the original Fantasia film, being rather seductive during some Tchaikowski.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKKJwBXir4
I think I might be thinking in a more Bohemian direction.
(And it's not just reverting to my youth in my old age, although I'm working on that too.  ;) )

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 30, 2017, 07:33:08 PM

I suppose I should look further afield or should that be over seas  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 30, 2017, 08:39:27 PM

I haven't an ocean. ???

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: ahremck on October 31, 2017, 08:44:33 PM

Keith - ignore the fish for a moment - they could have been added later for instance.  Does the vase itself have a base - can we get a photo?  Does it look like a maker you recognise?  Is it rippled?  If so can we get a shot straight down from the top?

Title: Re: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.
Post by: keith on October 31, 2017, 09:29:50 PM

Flat base with large polished pontil mark, the rim is smooth and rounded, no ribs or ripples but it does have 3-4 small marks that are difficult to describe like someone put a hook in the glass while soft and pulled it up, I'll have to take my camera round and get a decent picture. It screams 'Scandi' to me, I'll be back with proper pic's later  ::)