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Author Topic: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark. ID = Midsummer Glass  (Read 3803 times)

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Offline lyndhurst44

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Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark. ID = Midsummer Glass
« on: January 26, 2011, 07:42:34 PM »
Hi,
I purchased this vase from a Charity shop last week. The vase really appealed to me but I was also intrigued by it's unusual pontil seal which is shaped like a bird possibly a Phoenix. I have asked around and one suggestion was Phoenician glass from Malta. I wrote to Phoenician on the weekend enclosing photo's of both vase and pontil but have yet to receive a reply. Has anyone seen this shaped pontil before? The seal is quite difficult to determine so I have added a little flour to bring out the pattern.
Thanks,
Bryn
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2011, 09:09:41 PM »
Can't remember seeing any Phoenician like that and I have a vague memory that they use an urn shape on their labels rather than a bird. Happy to be wrong though...

How big is the vase Bryn?

John
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2011, 11:17:30 PM »
Hi John,
It's 6" tall and 6.5" across the top.
Bryn
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 11:40:25 PM »
That is a really beautiful vase Bryn, and a very striking pontil mark.....I'm on the search...... :wsh:
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2011, 09:31:34 AM »
Thankyou rosieposie :hiclp:
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 11:52:37 AM »
Just so you don't feel forgotten Bryn, I am still looking!!

Saw this today,
 http://retroartglass.com/store/item/prp5/View_All_Art_Glass_and_Glassware/Italian_glass_Mid-century_modern_full_size_pitcher_or_vase.html 
but although I got excited,  I don't think it is the right one.....Onwards, ever onwards!!! :wsh:
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 06:50:57 PM »
Many thanks again for looking Rosieposie and thanks too for the bump :thup:. I'ts such a nice item there must be more out there. I had a vase a few years ago that was made by a Company with whom Ron Wheeler was involved and that had a similar pattern in pink but I can't remember if it had a pontil.
Bryn
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2011, 06:52:14 PM »
I think the company name was Midsummer or similar.
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2011, 07:16:45 PM »
You're right. It's not a bird; it's a sun and it's Midsummer Glass
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Re: Unusual bird shaped Pontil mark.
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2011, 09:11:54 PM »
Hi,
Thanks Christine, I think we are on the right track but I just had an idea that I might have listed the pink glass vase on this board some years back. I have just checked and indeed I had and it does make very interesting reading especially the post I had from member AA ie http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,4180.msg33438.html#msg33438
The Pheonix assumption may still be alive and kicking. Please check it out.

Thanks,
Bryn
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