Topic: Megalithic cylinder vase my best yet, Not sure by who though?

[BRADBURY7308]

Golly i love this vase not sure but it just ticks lots of boxs for me it very heavy 2600g 12" tall 10mm wide at the rim seems to be heavily cased inside with colour my photos dont show the quality of colour thats their too well, The base is heavily scuffed their is a faint signiture of some sort but too faint with a jewellers magnifyer would love to know where it was made or at a long shot who even! thanks

[astrid]

Well, it's really not based on anything very solid - the combination of this sort of colours was popular in Germany in the 60s - 70s, and that shape doesn't rule it out. Wiedmann did some pieces for Gral glas that sort of have a similar feel, but I can't find a match to this shape, so it's pure speculation. He did usually sign these sort of pieces, though, so perhaps if you check the remnant of the sig...

Astrid

[BRADBURY7308]

Thanks astrid do you mean this is maybe graal type of glass? Ive looked around and seen a similar colour by a designer called goran warrff which is similar sort of colouring its super the way its been done honest thankyou :hi:

[BRADBURY7308]

Sorry astrid got crossed lines their i see the similarity too ikora maybe???

[astrid]

Hey, while trying to find an example, I found this website, check the second vase. Doesn't mean anything, but at least someone was thinking of Wiedmann as well. Linking it to his WMF designs (not Ikora), but he made similar pieces for Gral-glas (company, not the technique as made famous by Hald).

http://www.s212502294.online.de/e0cc1397270da6d01/index.html

Astrid

[BRADBURY7308]

Golly thats a good similarity i think 2 mine thankyou astrid for your time spent interesting vase this looks  :X:

[dirk.]

Well, Astrid´s already given you the information available. I had been hoping the
Gralglas book would have shed some light on these pieces, but unfortunately they
aren´t covered there... 
There´s two further pieces in my webalbum; hope I´ll be able to remove the question
marks one day:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108140812446658939096/Gralglas#

[astrid]

Dirk, this particular link with one of your ? vases mentions an 1985 Wiedmann book as reference? I don't have this book, but might be worth checking out...
http://shop.strato.de/epages/61231908.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61231908/Products/277

Astrid

[dirk.]

Hi Astrid,
I´m looking for this book for quite a while now. I think it´s a catalogue from a Wiedmann
exhibition at the Freiburger Augustiner Museum:
http://www.glaskilian.de/KARL-WIEDMANN-Glastechnik-un.979+B6YmFja1BJRD05NzkmcHJvZHVjdElEPTEwOTg3JnBpZF9wcm9kdWN0PTk0OCZkZXRhaWw9.0.html
There was a copy on ebay a while back, but I got outbid...

[BRADBURY7308]

Hi Dirk,
Was wondering ive not encountered these types of glass upto now in my short glass collecting career would you be able to give me an idea of the value on a vase like this as i may sell in near future to further my great british glass collection? I must say its a stunning piece of manufacture but doesnt go that well with my other kinds i have!
daniel :tof: