Topic: Unknown Clear Vase - Maybe Never Know ??

[antiquerose123]

Hi, this is about a 8 inch tall clear vase.  Perhaps we will never know this -- as a zillion clear vases are made, but I thought I would run it by you just in case.  Has long cut grooves, like slices in it.  Top is shaped square, but round shape inside.

Thanks

[Ivo]

Looks like Crystal d'Arques to me....

[astrid]

It was my first thought as well, so I think I've seen one with a label somewhere (I've looked a lot at crystal vases the last months to try and spot Czech ones, so some of it must have stuck )

Crystal D'Arques is not highly rated price wise, though I think their stuff doesn't look bad at all. Maybe because they produced simply a lot and it's not particularly hard to find? Or French glass of this period is simpy not 'en vogue' yet?

Astrid

[Ivo]

They run a design school and anything that goes in to production is a joint effort between design and produceability.  And as the largest single producer in the world, they cannot afford to foul up. So yes, mass produced, well designed, underrated.