Topic: large green aventurine fleck vase with handles

[stemidd]

hi all,
i have a superb vase, with ground pontil base, the decoration is gold aventurine fleck with brown glass handles, looks european poss murano or mdina?? any of you experts out there who may be able to shed any light on maker etc i would be most gratefull.
1.2 kg weight - 25.5 cm high x 11.5 cm wide approx

best regards

steve from leeds in uk

[stemidd]

could it be frattelli tosso?

[chopin-liszt]

I'm afraid I doubt it very much, Steve.
I think it's completely modern - probably Spanish?

When posting images of a piece it is always a good idea to include a good picture of the base finish - a crudely finished pontil mark would confirm the modern origins.

  Your title confused me - I was expecting to see green aventurine in the piece!

[tam bam]

I know the answer to this one.  There have been a couple of vases that have appeared on Fossilfly and I researched this type of glass.  This is actually an American piece made by Dale Tiffany.  It is a contemporary modern piece. 

http://www.daletiffany.com/

http://www.fossilfly.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=2869&highlight=Tiffany

tam bam

[chopin-liszt]

I don't think it looks the same at all! The handles are quite different.

Base shots of both sorts of bits would help a lot.

There is an absolute ton of stuff like this on the market right now - mostly wrongly attributed to Mdina.
I also think it a bit more likely that Steve in Leeds would have found a Spanish piece than a bit of American Studio Glass - although I wouldn't discount it either.

[flying free]

I'm sure I've seen these identified as contemporary Chinese.  I'll have a look round and see what I can find.
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[Lustrousstone]

They are certainly appearing in every "antique" centre

[tam bam]

I am going by the colors (swirly colors in vase) and the way the aventurine looks in the vase and not the handles. Tiffany put different handles on these types of vases.  I still believe the vase is American until I see one with a different tag on it.

Here is another one I found on Ebay that is currently on the auction block.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dale-Tiffany-Teal-Copper-Milano-Bottle-Vase-Handles-NEW-/140571101102?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1153697780359361598

tam bam  

P.S. - I wouldn't consider this vase a studio American piece but a massed produced American piece.  The name can be deceiving. 

[chopin-liszt]

 :hi:
Perhaps it could be the case that the ones in the American market are Dale Tiffany - and the ones in Europe could be of Spanish or Chinese origins?
They are attractive decorative pieces...........
and there are an awful lot of them around!

[stemidd]

hi all,
it has a large ground smooth pontil marked base, id send a picture but can seem to work out how to add without starting again, have looked at the tiffany and it certainly looks almost identical to some on usa sites
kind regards

steve