Topic: Early Mdina Glass Pieces???

[BRADBURY7308]

Have been trying to build a collection of the mdina glass from the earlier MH time here some bits im hoping are from his period any view's on these designs would be great. :smg:

[glassobsessed]

Your bubbly yellow ochre globe vase looks fine and a good example, after MH left the necks grew a little taller and the rims became wider. I have seen them just like yours with diameters of 10cm and around 15cm. The Japanese Globes can be larger again but they are a different design.

Small globe: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/EarlyMdinaGlass#5429986690696878514
Medium globe: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/EarlyMdinaGlass#5429986582284963074
Japanese globe: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/EarlyMdinaGlass#5429986568080928658

The amethyst ink pot has a rounded profile, again after MH left they carried on making them but the profile became a little squarer, harder to say for sure when it was made but I would hedge my bets to around 1972.

My only example in blue: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/EarlyMdinaGlass#5686671104893805362

I can not help with your paperweight they are a complete mystery to me....

Are all your items unsigned?

John

[chopin-liszt]

I agree with John, 100%.  :thup:

As to the pwt, how big is it? If it's fairly massive, (12+ cm in diameter) it likely is earlier too.

Does your ink pot have a round/oval polished pontil mark? Is it marked Mdina in any way? - and if so, what does the script look like?
These have been found with both Michael Harris' and Eric Dobson's writing on.
And is it amethyst?

[BRADBURY7308]

Thanks for replying to my post the first two globes are small ones as john said at 10cm diameter and 12cm each.
The paperweight is only 8cm diameter sadly but i love these sand colours and hope to build on it!!!
The bottle is amethist and both the stopper and base have a base colour of amethist??
A small polished pontil scar but no script!!i love it !!!

[BRADBURY7308]

John your picture of a japanese globe above!!
When or what?? Makes a globe a japanese globe is it size??

[chopin-liszt]

Your polished pontil scar (along with the rounded shape) makes your ink pot Harris period.

Japanese globes have a distinctive pattern. It's a yellow background with a marvered in overlay of (normally) turquoisey blue in the same construction as a fish vase. Dipped on opposite sides with a trail crossing over between.

[glassobsessed]

Take a look at this Japanese globe vase which was squished flat, it is easier to see how they were made: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,32132.0.html

As Sue says, yellow bubbly glass has been dipped into the pot of blue twice, once on each side before being blown and shaped.

John