Topic: snake skin czech bowl?

[bidda]

hi, this one is a toughie (at least it's been a long fruitless search for me) so ANY opinions will be helpful

it's an orange bowl with dark brown to black pattern that resembles snake skin. no picture have been able to take captures the depth of the detail. it's really quite striking. after over a year of looking i'm leaning toward czech origin for this bowl but am simply not sure. any ideas?

thanks,
bidda

[Frank]

The technique involves dipping the parison into a dip mould with a cog like interior this concentrates the outer colour into lines after twisting, another layer of the darker colour is marvered again and the the dip mould is used again giving the second set of lines crossing the first. It is used worldwide.

Counting the ribs will identify the number of teeth in the dip mould and assist id.

A pic of the base would be useful here.

[bidda]

Thanks Frank,

this is my tenth attempt to respond to your reply.  :chky:  apparently, my photos are all way too big to upload. i think i've solved the problem now, though... here goes.

i count 20 ribs.

[Sklounion]

Hi,
Finishing of the pontil is pretty poor, so imho, not likely to be Czech.
Regards,
Marcus

[bidda]

Marcus,
yes, you're right, the ground base is rougher than i'd like. i don't know much about czech glass. the only thing that made me think that might be it were the color, shape and heft. it could just as easily be russian or chinese for all i know ha ha.

bidda

[Frank]

I would be inclined to think that this was the work of a small studio. Quite likely in the same country you are...

[bidda]

Frank,

thanks. So, it's probably from a small American studio. That makes sense since it doesn't really look like anything I've been able to find before. Of course, it wouldn't be signed so I'll most likely never know who's hands made it  I still like it, though.

Have a wonderful day,

bidda