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Title: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: wy699usa on September 11, 2020, 12:19:59 PM
This small vase is unique in its colour, also the faceted sides and the trails. It weights 1014g, but only stands at about 5" tall. I put is as Murano glass, but not sure if it is. Not sure who could be the maker of this vase. Thanks Peter
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: Anne E.B. on September 11, 2020, 03:34:27 PM
My guess is it could be a perfume bottle minus its "dibber" for want of a better word ;).  I've got a couple of perfume bottles with the same type of top and with elongated dibbers,  although not as tall as yours.  Sorry can't help with the attribution though.
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: flying free on September 11, 2020, 04:27:32 PM
I seem to remember seeing a lot of these around a few years ago with cut lenses on them.
I thought they might have been labelled Cello Glass.  There might be some threads on here on Cello glass.

I found this item  as an example although not the same:
https://taosgifts.co.uk/droplet-ruby---cello-glass-paperweight---20819-1726-p.asp
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 11, 2020, 05:50:00 PM
well done, m.
I know I've seen these in gift shops, and they're fairly recent, despite the wear on the base this one has gained.  I can't be positive, but I don't think they're Chinese.
But given the polishing on the sides, maybe they did polish the bases of the perfume bottles?
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: flying free on September 11, 2020, 06:02:56 PM
wasn't it found that Cello glass was from India?
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 11, 2020, 06:29:20 PM
I don't know.  ;D
I'm not willing to say Poland; you could well be right about India.
(me trying to remember stuff is like trying to catch a fart in a collander)
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 11, 2020, 07:21:26 PM
This is a Chinese perfume bottle missing the stopper. Marketed in the USA under the Fifth Avenue label
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: wy699usa on September 11, 2020, 09:03:59 PM
Hi There,

Could you provide a link to the Chinese perfume bottle in US?

Do you suggest now people are making 1Kg perfume bottles for men?

It is quite heavy.

Kind regards,
Peter
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: flying free on September 11, 2020, 09:09:57 PM
After Christine said that I put Fifth Avenue Glass perfume into a google search and came up with lots of examples:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fifth+avenue+glass+perfume&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB719GB719&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZkOO-geLrAhXPSxUIHWwQBhEQ_AUoAnoECAsQBA&biw=1279&bih=617

oh  this one is actually labelled as well:

https://anyandallauctions.com/stunning_fifth_avenue_crystal_art_glass_perfume_bo-lot20246.aspx
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: wy699usa on September 11, 2020, 09:14:45 PM
Thanks for that. I also find one:

https://www.timestincupstudio.com/listing/702235361/fifth-avenue-crystal-perfume-bottle

A few differences here: The cuts are well too bigger and deeper than mine. The trails has no colour on mine, but they are all coloured on the perfume bottles you suggested.

So I think we are comparing apples with oranges.

Thanks for the efforts.
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 12, 2020, 04:13:03 PM
There are lots of variation of these Fifth Avenue bottles. They are merely decorative lumps and not intended for use. Yours is Fifth Avenue
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 12, 2020, 04:40:00 PM
 ;D Quality control is not something most Chinese glass is known for, not until you get to the top makers such as Luili Fan Gong.
I wouldn't expect two bottles to be exactly the same.  :)
Title: Re: Murano bud vase? Please help me to ID this vase.
Post by: wy699usa on September 12, 2020, 09:57:31 PM
Thank you for everyone, and I agreed that mine is the Chinese glass perfume bottle.