Topic: pretty little signed vase possible scandinavian..any ideas on I.D?

[jonchellycain]

Hi there
another little boot sale find, picked this up for 50p, it was completely covered in candle wax but could just see that there was something on the base.. it has what appears to be three/ maybe four letters 1874 (maybe 1974, but looks much more like 1874 so doubt its the date ) then two/three more letters...ah hang there maybe a different formation as there are commars between letters
at a pushed guess?
oz n, 1874, n3             07,h,1874,n3
I am guessing its scandinavian, orrefors, kosta something along that line?
Im really not great with the scandinavian glass, so any help would be much apreciated
The vase is round in shape with a 6 sided opening at the top, with an interanal lobed optic effect following the shape of the opening, quite heavy surface wear to the base stands at 8.5cms tall, 8.5 diameter weight 455g heavy for size.
Also jsut for fun more than anything me and my partner are having a 'heated' debate as to the bird on the front..i think its a phoenix, he says its a bird of paradise..what do you think??
many thanks
jonchellycain

[jonchellycain]

Please bare with me i seem to be having a problem getting pictures to upload

[jonchellycain]

another picture

[jonchellycain]

i will get there eventually  :ac1:

[Della]

Hi Chelly,

http://www.great-glass.co.uk/glass%20notes/swedish.htm

It is Orrefors. If it is an H it will probably be by Edward Hald.

Nice piece 

Della
xx

[jonchellycain]

hiya cheers for that, imnot to hot on the orrefors stuff, you have to be a brain of britain to work out there coding systems too
chelly

[langhaugh]

Hi: It is definitely Hald and it was designed before WWII. Prosaic me thought it was goose, but, on looking more closely, it could be something more exotic.

David

[jonchellycain]

ohhhh lovely thanks for that david, so has a bit of age to it then..

[jonchellycain]

sold for £41 last night on ebay so good result thanks for the help everybody