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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: keith on July 01, 2021, 02:52:24 PM

Title: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: keith on July 01, 2021, 02:52:24 PM

A little under 5 inches tall, polished pontil mark, a fine line of wear with a folded rim, Biot ?

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: NevB on July 01, 2021, 04:49:58 PM

I'm not an expert but all the pieces of Biot glass I've seen have got a rough circle pontil with a smooth centre from where they used a blow pipe as a pontil rod not a solid one. The glass looks a bit like mica glass or something similar or is just very small bubbles? I don't know who the maker might be.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 01, 2021, 06:20:21 PM

 :) I don't think Biot either. The bubbles are not lots of random sizes or stretched, and I've never seen something like a folded rim on Biot. And the polished base is wrong, as Nev says.
I think it's something a little bit superior to Biot.
It's that lovely amber with the rosy glow to it - not a Biot colour.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: keith on July 01, 2021, 06:38:59 PM

So worth the £2 I splashed out then ?  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 01, 2021, 06:45:22 PM

Can you find a maker experienced enough to make a folded rim, hire the facilities and materials to make it and provide the energy to run those facilities and then persuade the maker to make it, for £2?  ;D
Then you'd need the polishing equipment and somebody to polish the base too.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: suzygpr on July 01, 2021, 07:02:44 PM

There is a similar vase on Worthpoint, mentioning but not fully attributing it to Erik Hogland Kosta Boda.  Might be a start point for further research though.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 01, 2021, 07:09:45 PM

 ;D You again!  :-* :-* :-*
Yes, that is a good idea... :)

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: brucebanner on July 01, 2021, 07:32:44 PM

I picked that up Keith.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: brucebanner on July 01, 2021, 07:34:18 PM

 I thought it was fairly modern and a nightmare to identify if that helps at all.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: keith on July 01, 2021, 11:07:42 PM

I'll check Kosta, thanks.
I wondered about it Chris but there's been so little in the shops I decided to give it a home ! ;D ;D

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: suzygpr on July 02, 2021, 07:49:15 AM

Another direction to look at is John Walsh, Pompeian glass.  Again, not quite the right colour or shape but there are folded rims to some bowls, and plenty of bubbles.

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: keith on July 02, 2021, 12:14:23 PM

Thanks, I did find a piece attributed to Hoglund, Kosta Boda that was very similar, I'll find the link  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Amber bowl for id.
Post by: keith on July 02, 2021, 02:02:12 PM

Here it is....
https://auctionet.com/en/643221-erik-hoglund-signed-amber-stained-glass-windows-boda-glasbruk