Topic: Farm Scene Vase, Bohemian?

[Ohio]

I think this is probably Bohemian, but figured I'd try for confirmation, ground pontil, 10 3/4" height & 3 1/2" diameter. Thanks, Ken

[Lustrousstone]

Or perhaps Austrian?

[Ivo]

Never trust a vase with a ground pontil and a cut top - there is no technical excuse for having both - so it must have been flared or ruffled at some time.

[Ohio]

Ivo...noted & possible. I assume that statement holds true for european vase blanks & incorrectly did not consider that point dealing with a european blank since many of our finer glass companies in the Corning NY area did not feel this way as many blanks from multiple finer hand blown operations, Steuben, Sinclaire, etc. produced vase blanks featuring ground pontils with straight tops...sans ruffles & flairs. Evidently our companies didn't follow the european  design approach.

[Ohio]

Thank you Christine, I should have considered that. Ken

[Ivo]

Ivo...noted & possible. I assume that statement holds true for european vase blanks & incorrectly did not consider that point dealing with a european blank since many of our finer glass companies in the Corning NY area did not feel this way as many blanks from multiple finer hand blown operations, Steuben, Sinclaire, etc. produced vase blanks featuring ground pontils with straight tops...sans ruffles & flairs. Evidently our companies didn't follow the european  design approach.

This is not a design choice but a technical parameter. If you are going to cut off the top, why transfer the piece over to a pontil rod?

[Ohio]

Ivo I don't have the faintest idea, however thats exactly what several of the Corning NY higher end hand shops did in the U.S. when blowing vase blanks. I guess it was an acceptable practice over here although I suspect it did have something to do with the design of the blank they were trying to achieve while others had flaired tops some were simply straight. Ken

[Leni]

This is not a design choice but a technical parameter. If you are going to cut off the top, why transfer the piece over to a pontil rod?

Only if you were going to apply a decoration to the body which required the vase to be held on an iron. 

[Ivo]

did they?

[Leni]

Not on this vase.