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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: abc on April 19, 2019, 07:55:56 PM
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Hi can anyone help with identifying my vase please . My first thoughts were 1910 Bohemian but it could also be modern. Any help greatly appreciated thank you
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It reminds me of some Poschinger iridescent pieces for some reason.
Hopefully someone who actually really knows will be along shortly to help :)
but in the meantime it might be worth investigating?
m
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Thanks very much , do you think it’s modern or old ?
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mm, I think it's modern. Not Nouveau period.
m
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Small chance it could be Okra - during the time it was owned by Moorcroft they did produce some stuff that went unsigned, only receiving a sticker.
Example here: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/okra-glass-iridescent-vase-nebula-428191942
John
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John would Okra be blown from the top and cut at the rim?
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This one was, photo 8, click for a bigger image, a good photo shows the rim clearly:
https://www.invisedge.com.au/product/okra-nebula-large/
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I can't open that but have looked at online and yes, they do seem to be cut and polished at the rim.
And the shape fits doesn't it?
I think you are closer than my Poschinger suggestion ;D
so Okra Moorcroft period most likely given the decor, the shape the cut at the rim and no label?
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These I believe are from Okra's Moorcroft period....
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Thanks all , what period was Okra Moorcoft ?
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Keith, I can tell you that the two vases in the photo are of a pattern called Nimbus, they were a basic studio design made by a mould blowing method as opposed to the all hand made techniques of old Okra. The reason for the use of the mould blowing method is as follows: This was the Enterprise Trading Estate period of Okra Glass, there were 10 glass blowers employed in the hot shop; coming from crystal glass companies in the local area, Only 3 of them were of the standard of making the old hand made style, so a mould boy machine was made for them to create the blown pieces, these pieces came out of the annealing over with jagged tops that had to be worked by yours truly as I completed all of the cold working processes: cutting, polishing, sand blasting, fitting stoppers etc. The tops had to be cut down, linished and polished. Another reason for these basic studio ranges was that Richard’s business partner wanted to push for mass production and these mould blown pieces could be made rather quickly: personally, I much prefer the all hand made pieces. Moorcroft bought the studio in 1999, they got their designers trying to produce patterns: great at pottery, bad at glass, barely a year went by before they gave up and sold the studio back to Richard. The other vase looks like it could be from the Okra studio as Richard did give employees pieces on occasion, not to sell but to keep.
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;D Wow, thank-you so much for all this lovely info! 8) 8) 8)
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A thank you from me also, we have a small collection of Okra and some by Richard, here's a few...