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Title: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 17, 2020, 02:03:32 PM: Hello, looking for help IDing this vase or any information on era would be great too. It's 19cm tall and is marked 1/163 on base. Thank you :)
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: NevB on November 17, 2020, 03:36:51 PM: https://www.loetz.com/ Try this link for starters, I have a vase with a similar mark which started a debate as to whether it was Loetz or Riedel or another maker. It is almost certainly Bohemian, probably around 1900.
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 17, 2020, 04:04:36 PM: ;) I suspect it might well glow in the dark.
Have you tested it with a UV torch yet?
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 17, 2020, 04:37:17 PM: That's interesting Sue - hadn't thought it might glow. Unfortunately I don't own a UV light :-[ I should invest!

NevB thank you for this info and link! Will have a good look through :)
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 17, 2020, 04:45:02 PM: I'm about 100% sure it will glow. :)
A UV torch is a really useful thing, and they can be found very cheaply on certain auction sites.
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 17, 2020, 04:51:00 PM: I feel like I have to know now :) - I've ordered one ;D Will report back!
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: NevB on November 17, 2020, 06:42:04 PM: I meant to ask that Sue, as I've mentioned before Roobarb, it's often best to shine the torch inside the vase to get the best effect.
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 17, 2020, 07:40:49 PM: Team-work, Nev. ;D
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: KevinH on November 17, 2020, 10:40:09 PM: Quote from: NevB on November 17, 2020, 03:36:51 PM
https://www.loetz.com/ Try this link for starters, I have a vase with a similar mark which started a debate as to whether it was Loetz or Riedel or another maker. It is almost certainly Bohemian, probably around 1900.
Can you provide a link to the debate?

And Roobarb, can you get a close up photo of the base markings?
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: NevB on November 18, 2020, 09:19:28 AM: Sorry KevinH the debate was on one of my postings on Collectors Weekly and it doesn't seem to have a URL. I have lots of posts under uranium glass on there so it should be possible to find it on my profile. You are welcome to link it if you are able to.
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 19, 2020, 12:26:00 PM: So I've done my first UV Torch Test...and it did glow!!! ;D

Attached a picture and and close up of the markings :)
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: NevB on November 19, 2020, 01:27:12 PM: It's good to see it glows. Here is a link to my vase with a similar mark, the numbers and the little mark after them look very similar.
https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,70233.msg391050.html#msg391050
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 19, 2020, 01:46:48 PM: Yay! Now you can have fun pointing your torch at everything else, to see what happens. ;D
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 20, 2020, 04:03:00 PM: Thanks for the recommendation Sue ;D Already found a few more that glow! Exciting!

They do look really similar NevB, it's the same colour ink too!
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Lustrousstone on November 20, 2020, 07:22:11 PM: This might be a Harrach mark
Title: Re: ID / Info Help On Handpainted Glass Vase Marked 1/163 on base
Post by: Roobarb on November 20, 2020, 08:19:36 PM: Looking at Harrach marks quickly online it definitely bears a strong similarity, thanks Lustrousstone!