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Title: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: glassobsessed on June 10, 2019, 04:05:47 PM

Thought Empoli when I bought this but no luck so far identifying it. It is 22cm tall with a satin finish and those almost ghostly vertical stripes, keep thinking I am missing something obvious!

Any ideas?

John

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: fatbelly on June 10, 2019, 05:27:47 PM

Is it satin or gloss finish?....sorry just re read the OP

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: fatbelly on June 10, 2019, 05:28:55 PM

Could it be salviati?

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: fatbelly on June 10, 2019, 09:53:59 PM

Carlo Moretti

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: glassobsessed on June 11, 2019, 07:28:57 AM

It does not feel right for Salviati, if that makes any sense. Moretti was a possibility I did try and look into but could find nothing else with those stripes - they are quite deliberate, I think blown into a series of moulds to create the effect.

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: chopin-liszt on June 11, 2019, 01:15:47 PM

 :) Looking at the rim, where there are angles in the white, but not the blue, it appears to be that the white layer was moulded, then encased in blue?
I sometimes start pondering Japan as an origin for white-lined, retro-style pieces I can't attribute elsewhere.

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: glassobsessed on June 11, 2019, 05:31:42 PM

My guess is the first mould is used on both gathers, first into a dip mould, something along these lines:
https://sites.google.com/site/glassbottleexhibit/_/rsrc/1368190542869/manufacturing-techniques/mold-blown-bottles/mold.jpg

then blown into a second larger mould to give the finished shape.  Where the stripes are on my vase is where the blue ends up being a bit thinner.

Title: Re: Satin blue over opal vase with faint stripes
Post by: chopin-liszt on June 11, 2019, 06:28:25 PM

 :) Much more logical, thanks! :-[