Topic: triangular red textured vase

[malcmat]

Hi, have not been able to find a match for this vase. its triangular and textured and has a polished out pontil mark on looks like  a flat polished base which has some sustantial ware scratches ? but can just see a small section of the polished base. Its just under 10 inches tall with the triangle at the top of 4.5 inches and the base triangle 3 inch.It also looks cased more so at the base. Was leaning towards Finnish but not sure.
Many thanks
Malcolm

[scavo]

Looks German or Austrian to me.

Have you looked at the Whitefriars pretenders website?

[malcmat]

Hi, yes checked the W/F site but did not see anything, i will revisit the site as i might have missed a lead.
Many thanks
Malcolm

[Wayne]

I'd agree with German or Austrian, maybe more likely Oberglas of Austria than Ingrid of Germany, as Ingrid tent to have flat rims.  Japan could be another possibility.

[rocco]

I have never seen any cased-in-clear pieces from Oberglas, so I would rather guess another origin...

Michael

[Wayne]

Here's one cased in clear that was ID'd as Oberglas:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,18758.0.html

[rocco]

Thanks for the link, Wayne -- good point there

I had seen that thread some time ago, but I thought that now these are believed to be of Japanese origin?
I have one as well: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39531.0.html

Well, everything is possible; but I have not seen anything remotely similar from Oberglas (and I see loads of labeled Oberglas here in Vienna)
Anyway, the two-coloured ones like mine seem to have a totally different base finish than the red vase in this thread...

Michael

[Wayne]

Thanks for your link too Michael, I hadn't seen that one.  I'm sure there are more makers of bark vases that we're not aware of yet, it seems everyone was doing it at some point! 

[kane_u_pain]

Agree with Wayne that Japan should be considered. The texture on the piece reminds of the squares that have been shown here with the 'foreign' label. Can't remember if I have seen one of this shape pop up on ebay Australia though, as a lot of Japanese glass is listed here, in the Murano section of course...LOL...