Topic: Unknown glass vase

[tinsixnine]

I recently bought this amber coloured glass vase and despite much research i have been unable to identify it. It is 8.5 inches high and 9 inches wide. Any info much appreciated.  :thup:

[kane_u_pain]

Do you have a pic of the base and top rim???...what is the thickness of the piece???...this a stunning piece...i was thinking scandanavian...but i would of thought a piece like this it would have been signed!!!...the colouring i cannot place...

[Ivo]

did much research include Blenko?

[Cathy B]

That was my first thought as well for somewhere to start looking. A brief google later, see the second picture here. It looks like it's missing a lid. You might like to contact someone from the Blenko Collectors' Society to find out further details (model number, range, dates made, designer, colour).

[kane_u_pain]

Ah yes, it is missing the stopper! Pg 62 of Blenko Glass by Leslie Pina has a picture of an Italian copy of Husted design 6310. May not be Blenko.

[Cathy B]

Are the Italian copies marked though, and also thicker?

[Ivo]

Husted is known to have worked for Empoli so the word "copy" may be out of place....

[kane_u_pain]

In the book it has been described of as a lighter weight, moulded bottom instead of ground and no pontil mark. Interestingly though, some decanters they made later in the 70's, such as the 7323 and 7412 have a similar type of tangerine colour to tinsixnines. I love the tangerine colour from Blenko.