Topic: Iridescent Craquelle Fish Vase

[TxSilver]

A friend of mine has a fish vase. It is a big one -- over 15" (37.5 cm) tall. He describes the surface as craquelle. I told him that I would post pictures here to see if anyone had an idea who may have made the fish. Thank you for any help you can give. I personally don't have a clue who may have done it.

[flying free]

Anita it's fabulous!!  However, I can see it is textured but I'm struggling on the pictures, to see any crackle.  It might be because of the opalescence and iridescence making it difficult to see if there actually is crackle to it as well as just texture.  Any chance of a closer picture showing the crackle please?
Many thanks
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[TxSilver]

I had the same trouble seeing the surface. The base almost looked like overshot to me, but I learned it was crackled. These are the only pictures I have and the fish is not in my possession. It is one of the best fish vases I've seen. The owner thought it might be Loetz, but I told him that it didn't look like Loetz (or Kralik or Rindskopf). The strange thing about the fish is that I can't even get a good feel of what country it may be from.

[flying free]

Keith has an opalescent crackle bowl by Kralik if I remember correctly.
I'll have a quick search to see if I can find it.  That is what this reminded me of....just an idea though as may be totally wrong.  Gosh Anita, that is THE most gorgeous piece of glass... I rarely see something I want that much, but that is one piece I would love to have!  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:
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[flying free]

pic of Keith's bowl is on this thread (see link, but different colourway, however Kralik did that deep orangey irdiescent glass as well - I have a large crackle piece in that colour.  And they did make big pieces of glass ....obviously that is just an idea though.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,38630.msg213644.html#msg213644
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[flying free]

oh and I have also seen a fairly large dark blue (looked iridescent but wasn't sure) crackle glass fish.   I should have bid on it but didn't as it had a small chip somewhere (slightly regret that now)
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[TxSilver]

I go back and forth between favoring Czech, then France, as the source for the vase. This form didn't become popular in Italy until about 1940, but others could have made it before then. The Kralik craquelle looks very similar to what I can tell about the texture of the glass. It is so hard to see in the fish pictures.

[flying free]

I'd just been looking up French glass as well...weird.  I think it was the shape of  the foot that made me think possibly French - but that was just a hunch. btw I'm just curious is the foot/base hollow do you know?
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[TxSilver]

It looks like a hollow mound to me.

[keith]

Amazing piece,can't say I've ever seen anything like it,not really like my bowl,reminds me of Stingray,not much use that is