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Author Topic: Purple Cube Vase  (Read 1139 times)

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Offline ckscot

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Purple Cube Vase
« on: April 18, 2009, 03:00:30 PM »
Latest auction purchase, bought because I liked it and it looked vaguely familiar to me (thought it might be Whitefriars or another British maker), but I can't find anything like it in the few books I have.  Does anyone recognise it?

It is 6.25" tall and is 7" wide and deep (so almost a cube), that's 16 cm x 17.75 cm x 17.75 cm.  I has slightly bulbous, uneven sides and has a neat ground pontil, with signs of wear on the base, so not new. Can't be sure about its weight, but possibly around 3kg.
Iain

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Re: Purple Cube Vase
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 11:29:36 PM »
Modern, and turning up all over the place in a number of colours.

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Re: Purple Cube Vase
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 08:51:43 AM »
Thanks for that Nigel.  I had another look at the wear marks on the base and they strike me as too bright and too rough, as if they have been applied with a grinder something like that.  Just as well I like the piece!
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