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Title: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on October 29, 2006, 06:32:14 PM

Nicely made vase, no marks or signature, 10inch high, Sommerso effect purple with a lemony opalescent opaque centre. The flash photo gave an amazing blue, which was a surprise! maybe some uranium in it?
Probably Bohemian or Murano. Any ideas?? I havent seen a similar one.
Cheers Andy

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3926
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3924
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3925

Title: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: David E on October 29, 2006, 06:51:03 PM

You won't get a blue tinge through uranium. Bright green leading towards yellow is the norm.

Not Neodymium is it? I doubt it, but does it change colour between daylight and fluorescent light?

Title: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on October 29, 2006, 08:04:49 PM

Hi DenCill,
 thanks, ive been googling, could be a mixture of Alexandrite/Neodymium/Vaseline, ive found descriptions of similar colours, no good pictures though. im wondering whether its mid 20th C Moser?
The Sommerso effect is quite impresive!

Title: new to me
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 29, 2006, 08:09:06 PM

Wherever it was made or by whom, it is a very interesting, very striking vase.

Title: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on October 29, 2006, 08:12:02 PM

I think it was less than £20 on ebay, and will be staying on my shelf!

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on January 27, 2007, 08:21:06 PM

Just thought id bump this one up again, its one of my favourites!

The outside is clear, theres a sommerso effect of two! shades of purple,and then the centre is
a lemony yellow, changing to an opalescent blue depending on the light,
from the top it looks like lips, i think its 50s 60s, polished base make me think Bohemian,
i just cannot find anything similar in all my books!
Why dont people sign their work!!
Any ideas welcome!
And im not selling it!
Andy
 

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Pinkspoons on January 27, 2007, 11:41:18 PM

Angela's wonderful site explains the creation of the yellow/blue phenomena in opalescent glass here:

The Glass Encyclopaedia (http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/opalescentglass.html)

I've one or two bits & bobs of opalescent glass, and they all have the same effect.

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Sklounion on January 28, 2007, 05:00:34 AM

Andy,
Nothing similar in the Moser book by Mergl, and stylistically wrong for them, in the time frame you suggest. For that period, it would carry the mark, except where that work was produced in the wake of the absorption of the Mstisov workforce, but would carry a label. Likewise this does not bear great similarities to that production.

As to why people don't sign their work..... most probably, because in certain factories, off-hand work, such as this piece, is produced in vast quantities. For example, masses of glass from Chribska is labelled as it leaves the factory, label disappears, and item arrives on eBay as Murano ;D In twenty years time people will be asking the same questions about glass from LSA or Indonesia. PS...... Now is the time to be collecting those product catalogues  ;D ;D

Regards,

Le Casson

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on January 28, 2007, 12:32:30 PM

Thanks guys,
off course it may be 1930s or 1970s, the style makes me think Italy, but the polished
base has a little ground and polished edge to it, like my Skrdlovice and other Bohemian stuff,
although looking at it , maybe it was repaired to remove some little chips!
And i think if it was Scandinavian, it would be signed.
Hopefully i will see another one like it somewhere , one day!
No hurry.
Regards Andy

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on February 23, 2008, 03:53:13 PM

A Year has gone by, i thought id bump this one up again with new larger photos,
still no closer, flat base, and bevelled edge make me think Bohemian :-\
Any ideas??
Cheers, Andy :D

(photos 1 and 4 under flash, now got u/v light, slight glow, but not alot,maybe tiny
bit of Uranium, and neomydium?)

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Ivo on February 23, 2008, 04:10:57 PM

Never seen this one before, so the bump really helps.
The combination opal inner clear outer was widely used by Meijdam in Leerdam in the 1950s and 1960s and I would not be surprised if your vase turned out to be one of these. I bought a bottle vase in the same colour combination 2 weeks ago and discovered it was signed. The sig is so light that it requires talent and magnification to spot it.

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on February 23, 2008, 04:55:38 PM

Thanks Ivo ;D
I hadnt thought of Leerdam, i have just sent an email off to them in the hope they may help!
I have checked and checked under a magnyfying glass, and cannot see a mark, but maybe im
just not talented enough  ;D

Cheers
Andy

Title: Re: Any ideas on this lovely vase, maybe Murano ,Bohemian Scandi
Post by: Andy on March 27, 2012, 10:19:07 AM

I think, after my searching for Arte Nueva Murano yesterday, that this piece is very likely by them.
This link of a sommerso  vase ,
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/murano-arte-nuova-rare-world-fair-brussels-1958

has an unusual twisted base, amost identical to mine, apart from the colour. (Pic 4 on the link )
Theres no doubt this vase of mine is well executed, and I think a good Murano maker is a probability

Andy