It was a pair of small vases in that style that were my first ever purchase at an "antiques & collectors fair". I thought I might make a collection of them. One day, I went to Aflie's antiques market in London and saw a whole load of them, in various shapes, on one lady's stall. And then I kept seeing them everywhere I went. I eventually moved on to "coloured victorian" glass and other things.
That was in 1989/90. So, if they are not appearing regularly any more, I wonder who's hiding them all.