Topic: Blue vase with clear protrusions, Aseda perhaps?

[astrid]

Anne,

Would you be so kind to PM me the name of this Trojan so that I can look it up and see how I can interecept it manually? My scans do not seem to find anything, and Kaspersky didn't register anything out of the ordinary, which it would have if it had stopped a Trojan (unless it doesn't interact with Firefox, but that would be a slim hope).

Astrid

[glassobsessed]

I followed the link (received no warning) and after running a scan nothing has been found.

John

[Anne]

The trojan code has now been removed from the site and the link can be restored:
http://www.artglassleiden.nl/archives/category/collectie/1945-1980/duitsland-1945-1980-collectie/gral/page/5 - thanks to the site owner for such prompt action.

[rosieposie]

Thank you Astrid and Anne....what a wonderful site, and well worth waiting to see :hiclp:.....I have saved it to my favourites now.....probably should be amongst the listing for 'A Feast for Glass Lovers Eyes'.

I don't collect vases, but the techniques employed to produce them are amazing.

I still lean towards Bo Borgstrom for your lovely Blue Vase Astrid.

[astrid]

I was leaning towards Aseda at first as well (hence the name of the thread), but more towards Börne Augustsson as designer (he was the one that apparently designed the Aseda Börne vases that sometimes get confused for Skrdlovice, see the examples here: http://precisensan.com/antikforum/showthread.php?t=19766).

However, because of the two distinct features mentioned earlier, I now think Habermeier for Gral Glas is a slightly more promising prospect. However, at this point everything is speculation until someone with more authority and knowledge steps in, I'm afraid.

Astrid

[astrid]

This vase below probably only adds to the mystery. There are stylistic similarities between this one and yours, but what is most striking, to me, at least, is that both pieces seem to be the same shade of blue and have the same gradation of colour. I've been reliably told that my vase isn't Czech, which leaves Scandinavian. I see another similarity between your piece and the Aseda decanters: the final layer of glass that doesn't cover the whole piece. Any Aseda lover out there?


http://picasaweb.google.com/lasilove/Unknown?pli=1#5496911937898044338

David

David, in my searching around I've found a few modern looking vases with a blue colour at the top, becoming lighter at the bottom described as being from Lithuania.

This is one example: http://www.rgm-world.de/UEberfang-Vase-Litauen-1990.101+B6YmFja1BJRD0xMDEmTD0xJnByb2R1Y3RJRD03MzA5JnBpZF9wcm9kdWN0PTEwMSZkZXRhaWw9.0.html

and her's another:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Glas-Vase-Glasvase-blau-Relief-Littauen-/160514154676?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item255f63a0b4

If you think there is possibility your vase may be relatively recent, maybe Lithuania is a possible origin to research. I'm not sure it could be a possibility for my vase - I have a feeling that one is from the fifties-sixties (but that could just me being stubborn

Astrid

[langhaugh]

Astrid:

Thanks for passing on the results of your research. There isn't a great deal of ware on the bottom of mine, and while it is polished, it doesn't have chamfered edges like the the Skrdlovice pieces have. The gradation of colour in the second one looks more similar to what I have. I'd expect a gradation of colour the bulbous vase like the first one as the glass is stretched far more at the widest part of the bulb.

I think your suggestion is the most promising one yet.


Thank you.

David