Topic: Two blue vases - Czech?

[Anne E.B.]

Many thanks Marcus.  Much appreciated

[Cathy B]

Maybe the celery vases were actually used as such in the US, but then the idea was picked up as a neat tariff avoiding trick in the UK? Certainly the story about celery being a delicacy at the Victorian table has been around for a while:

http://hdonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/LIFE/705200307/1004

 

[Lustrousstone]

Celery vases were used in the UK, indeed there is a lovely Jobling vase that uses celery leaves for its design, but I doubt the discreetly marked ones were intended for celery, more celery "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you know what I mean". Presumably the Purchase Tax also applied to imports, I had assumed it didn't

[Cathy B]

Ah, that makes sense!