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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: josordoni on October 23, 2006, 04:13:41 PM
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This is an oddity. The vase seems to be made of lilac glass, with a thickly textured encrusted surface in a chocolate / purple colour. The handles are a creamy caramel colour.
The overall effect is not particularly attractive to my eyes. My gut feeling is this is one to go straight in the bin.
Any ideas anyone?
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3812 - purpley vase
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3813 - base - this shows the encrustation better
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3811 - top of the handle.
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hi lynne, could it be lakeland? i have a jack int the pulpit in blue. by the way i think your long green thingy, is italian, for carrying rough olive oil for lunch times, and the sediment sinks into the nipple :oops: sue. x
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hi lynne, could it be lakeland? i have a jack int the pulpit in blue. by the way i think your long green thingy, is italian, for carrying rough olive oil for lunch times, and the sediment sinks into the nipple :oops: sue. x
Oh that is a new suggestion, we haven;t had any oily ideas before! Have you seen one similar or is your fevered imagination at work?
I haven't heard of Lakeland. I shall have to see what I can find out.
thanks!
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from what i can gather it comes under the heron glass emberella, dont ask me why, i dont know, but it had a lakeland sticker on it, any one else out there with information?
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How odd... this piece is much much nastier (highly subjective opinion here) than anything I would associate Heron with, but then I really only associate them with Ditchfield lookalikes.
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from what i can gather it comes under the heron glass emberella, dont ask me why, i dont know, but it had a lakeland sticker on it, any one else out there with information?
Website here may help a little.. http://www.herongiftware.com/ I'm still trying to get over there to have a look around ... will get there one day! :roll:
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I've just noticed this vase on Peter Kay's album and thought it looks similar in finish to yours, Lynne... Peter's Vase (http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/pkay6/?action=view¤t=Will_Shakspeare_Vase_Signed_2.jpg&refPage=all&imgAnch=imgAnch518)
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I've just noticed this vase on Peter Kay's album and thought it looks similar in finish to yours, Lynne... Peter's Vase (http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/pkay6/?action=view¤t=Will_Shakspeare_Vase_Signed_2.jpg&refPage=all&imgAnch=imgAnch518)
It certainly does look similar - is Peter a member here? Maybe he will comment on it. However he does state that his is signed, I haven't found a signature on mine, I will go over it again just in case.
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Yes, Peter is, his id is Pkay (use the search to find his posts/profile).
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Hi,
the vase in the link to my photobucket album is by Will Shakspeare, which although this also has surface decoration, it doesn't look quite the same to me. The picture really isn't very good, so I've taken a couple more, one which shows the decoration slightly better and one of the mark.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3848
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3847
I seem to remember seeing similar vases to Lynne's some time ago on ebay, one of which mentioned in the description as being originally bought from 'The Pier'. I could be wrong though, as it was a while back.
Other than that I can't help with this one I'm afraid, but you could enquire with Will Shakspeare just in case I'm completely wrong.
http://www.shakspeareglass.co.uk/
Pete
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Thanks Pete for the extra pics too, your piece is lovely, and much better quality than mine. Also the base on yours is smooth, whereas the texture goes under mine, and your is, of course, signed.
I just thought it was an weird texture and might be of interest to someone, rather than being by a major maker. However, the finishing on the handle is not good enough for a modern chain store piece, which although cheap are actually very well finished. The top edge on one handle has been finished very roughly, which makes me also think it is not a good maker.
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piece has sold now, and I am pleased it seems to be going to a knowledgable buyer. I have asked for their opinion on what they are buying and hope they can expand my knowledge a little (or at the very least contract my ignorance....)
Interestingly he described it as pulegoso when confirming his purchase. There are tiny bubbles when looked from the inside to the outside, that seem to be more on the inside of the coating rather than in the glass itself, but does that help anyone in deciding where it may have been made? Whilst I still have it in my possession, I would really like to get to the bottom of this so I will know what I am looking at in future.
Any further questions? Any suggestions?