Topic: Another Green Nazeing Vase?

[ckscot]

Another auction find that I was assuming might be Nazeing, but I couldn't find this shape anywhere, and having ploughed through the Message Board's history of Nazeing queries, I am none the wiser.  Does anyone recognise this?  Any help much appreciated.  I am thinking it's headed to Ebay and like to be as accurate as possible in my descriptions/attributions.

It is 8.5" tall and 4.25" in diameter at the rim and the base.  It has a smooth, central, fairly shallow pontil mark and  a fair bit of wear on the edge of the base. Not sure of its weight - my weighing machine only goes up to 2kg and it's a bit more than that.

[Bernard C]

Iain — I had its twin for a while, which I sold about two years ago.   Like you, my first thought was Nazeing, but it just didn't fit.

Then I compared it to a threaded vase then owned by Mervyn Gulliver, confidently attributed to S&W/Royal Brierley.   It was a perfect match on weight, shape, size, and pontil finish.  It also seemed quite reasonable for S&W/Royal Brierley to offer a cloudy range in the mid to late 1930s.

So — that's not an attribution, but I don't think it's too far from the truth.

Bernard C. 

[ckscot]

Thanks Bernard,  I hadn't thought of Stevens and Williams, but what you say makes sense.  I will maybe hang on to it for a while and do some more ferretting on Stevens and Williams.  Are there any good books on their output?

[Bernard C]

Iain — About the best is Dodsworth, British Glass between the Wars, often refered to here as just BGbtW, which provides probably the broadest perspective of S&W/Royal Brierley's products in the 1930s.   I'm optimistic that Hajdamach II will address just this issue when it is published, which, from information I obtained at Cambridge recently, may not be too far away.

Certainly you will find a careful analysis of the S&W/Royal Brierley products in BGbtW useful.

Bernard C. 

[ckscot]

Thanks again Bernard.  I've started to look for a copy, but Amazon starts at £25, which is  bit pricey for me, so I'll keep looking for now. 
Iain

[Bernard C]

...   Amazon starts at £25   ...

Iain — I'm surprised.   I would have expected a price twice that for a clean copy.

Don't forget your local library.   Interlibrary loan works well in the UK, and is either free to the user or a fairly nominal fee to discourage timewasters.

ISBN 0 900911 22 0.

Bernard C. 

[ckscot]

Thanks again Bernard.  I always forget about the library.  I'll see what they say about an inter-library loan......
Iain

[Bernard C]

Iain — A nice coincidence.   Just completed on eBay is Vintage Green Glass Jug, Blue Handle. Vasart? Nazeing?.   It could be related to your vase, and the blue handle could help with attribution.

Bernard C. 

[ckscot]

Well spotted Bernard, thanks, the green colour certainly seems a dead ringer for mine.  Not sure it helps with attribution much though.  I'm pretty sure it's not Vasart or Monart.   I don't own any of these but I see lots all the time at local auctions here in Scotland and mine doesn't have the same look or feel.
Iain

[nigel benson]

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Hello,

I have been watching this thread in deep frustration, since I had been having problems getting logged in. Now sorted by Anne - thank you  :hiclp:

I am certain that I have given this vase and others in the series a definate attribution before now on this board. I also discussed my suspicions with you sometime prior to doing the research into the problem Bernard 

Anyway, I was unable to bid on the Pre-war Nazeing May Green jug with blue handle yesterday because there was a problem with the internet service again yesterday PM. Got back home to be able to go online having missed the opportunity to buy....arrgh!! Would have made a nice 'pair'/comparison to the one we had in the exhibition in 2003.

Your vase IS definately S&W and NOT Nazeing.

Nigel