Topic: Stolzle iridescent - missing collar?????

[peejyweejy]

I have found similar on Mike Moir's web site and wondered if this is a Stolzle vase. Obviously, it has lost its collar - what do you good, glass people think?

[Ivo]

Bang on - it is Stölzle and does not have a collar or cage.

[peejyweejy]

Thanks Ivo - what's with the top of the vase then? It looks unfinished!

[Cathy B]

I think that's where the cage would have fit. (Cage being a wire and metal flower holder that fits on top).

[peejyweejy]

Thanks for your reply Cathy...Ivo seems to think it doesn't have a acage or collar. I have since discvered that the marks on the top were made by some sort of holding tool used in the making...not sure!!!

[Ivo]

These vases were meant to have a bronze grille or top to make flower arrangement on a low table possible. In several countries these are called Biedermeier bouquets, and a metal grill is needed to arrange them properly. The grill meant the top rim could be left unfinished. Somewhere along the way someone emptied the dry flowers from the vase, and chucked them in the bin including the grill. So if you have a low vase with an unfinished rim, it may have had a cage at one time.

[peejyweejy]

Thanks for making that clear Ivo - wonder if I'll ever find a grill or cage for it!!