Topic: Smoky dark blue, seriously masculine, pressed vase - French or Czech or ???????

[chopin-liszt]

Yay  :hiclp:  I just knew there had to be another one out there!
I'm never very sure whether it's very dark green or very dark inky blue - it seems to do both shades.

 :spls: some folk think they could get away with RL stuck on this???  :24:

weird. It's nothing like any Lalique!

[msiscoe]

Here's a photo of my green "seriously masculine" vase:

[msiscoe]

Here's a green one listed on eBay as Val St. Lambert, with a disclaimer as to maker in the description:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Superb-Art-Deco-Depression-Glass-Vase-Val-St-Lambert-/250856797558?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a683af576

[chopin-liszt]

Both of these are a decidedly green green.
So, they come in at least two colours. :thup:

But I don't know how anyone could think it was VSL - it's not finished off well enough on the body - surely VSL would have polished off any mould marks?
There are also bubbles from manufacturing in the body.

(I get mad when I see a beautiful thing like the dragon bowl defaced in this manner :grrr: I prefer Barolac to Lalique.)

[msiscoe]

My green vase is made of glass, not crystal, so that lets VSL out...

[chopin-liszt]

Is all VSL crystal?  :spls:

I'm sure a Sam Herman for VSL vase I have isn't.

My smoky blue masculine vase is glass.

[Mosquito]

Not all VSL is crystal. Their 'Luxval' line was a comparatively inexpensive range of moulded glass which was not made from crystal (though some patterns were later made in lead crystal). I haven't seen this vase in any Luxval catalogue, however, so would take the attribution with a large pinch of salt.

The vase is really lovely. I am a big fan of pressed glass and the mould work on this is very impressive. Sadly, though, I don't think it's going to be possible to get a firm attribution until either a marked example turns up or it's identified in a catalogue. While there's a fair possibility it is Czech, it could also have been made elsewhere. France, Belgium, Poland and the former Yugoslavia all spring to mind...

Have you tried contacting Siegmar Geiselberger of pressglas-korrespondenz.de? He is very knowledgeable and helpful. By making the images available to other pressed glass collectors some more information might turn up.

[chopin-liszt]

That's a very good idea, thanks very much.
It does seem there are other folk who'd like to know about this piece.  :thup:

[flying free]

Sue this could be a complete red herring and I don't know how to check but I think I spotted a vase in a similar vein and in your colour on 'Put your money where your mouth is' on September 7 airing.  However I was very distracted and failed to watch the outtake of it.
m

[chopin-liszt]

 :thud:   Are you ok, m?  Do you have a fever?   :srn: Are you seeing spots before your eyes?   :srn:

  It's not like you to miss a snippet of anything!  :kissy: