Topic: clear glass vase/drinking glass with textured surface.

[Paul S.]

a simple piece but with features that suggest quality  -  heavy for size and very long ring when flicked (some lead content presumably), with large polished depression on base (some grinding very feint grinding marks remain).
Appears to have been used as a vase, but feels very good as drinking glass when held - probably holds little less than a pint.

Height is a tad over 6.5" (170mm), and some genuine wear on outer foot rim, so could be anywhere in last 30 - 50 years.            In view of textured surface, first thoughts were Scandi in origin, but not my area so really only guessing.

All thoughts received gratefully  -  thanks for looking - and a Happy and peaceful Yuletide to one and all.

   

[chopin-liszt]

It's not desperately unlike the Japanese water set design, but the glasses which go with that have a triangular shaped base...

[brucebanner]

Looks very similar to a lot of iittala glass i have recently sold, similar base, they also had a nice ring to them, iv'e done a quick google search but can't find this design, i have sold some beer glasses recently by Tapio Wirkkala there often described as vases. Merry christmas to you all. chris.

[chopin-liszt]

You're possibly thinking ofthe Aslak design, Chris? - they do look like vases. They're also a lot more "rugged" than this in texture. (I've got one myself, Aslak, that is).  I don't have a pic of my Japanese water set to hand....

but have gone and taken one. It looks less like your glass than I originally thought. 

And the base is completely different.

I am now wondering about France as an origin?
I've got a sort of textured pint tumbler, the texture looks very similar, but the pint glass is quite thick and chunky. (A bit of an ugly brute that just hasn't made its way back to a charity shop yet). It's on the top shelf of a high cabinet in the kitchen, behind the tree. (no room for the tree in the sitting room) I can't access that for a pic. right now.

[brucebanner]

Yes your right had a good pint out the last one before i sold it,  i can't believe you can buy it for the price of an ikea glass, in fact i'm going to put the one on now i'm having a Christmas tot out of i think it's very old, there are a few iittala designs that are tricky to find, well for me anyway.

[chopin-liszt]

I gather you have been gathering glass of several sorts for some time, Chris?
How come it's taken so long for you to find us?
Have you been rooting around all on your ownsome? 

[brucebanner]

I've no idea but i'm glad i have , i could post something different on here every day for the next three years at the last count, although most is in storage i've kept about 1000 pieces in the house, by the order of the wife, when it get's to much i fill a couple more boxes and have a clear out, even though i have a lot of glass it just shows how little i know about it all.

[chopin-liszt]

It's about time you found some of your own species.  

[Paul S.]

many thanks Sue and Chris for your ideas and suggestions.                I get the impression that you're both inclined toward this piece being a drinking glass  -  which may well be correct, but I can say it does have a 'tide line' an inch or so down from the top  -  maybe its owner was in favour of versatility.
I'm still of the opinion that Scandinavian is high on the list of probabilities - and it does have quality  -  but so much has come from that region in the last half century and I gave up collecting from that area some while back.              It's just my opinion, and based very loosely on pix in books and the fact that Mr. Baxter - I believe - also took his ideas for textured surfaces from Scandinavia..............although I appreciate that the surface on this one is not as pronounced as his bark pattern.                  Sounds as though I should have been saying.........'his bark was worse than his bite'.

[chopin-liszt]

Mr. Harris got the ideas from working with Mr. Sarpaneva, before chatting to Mr. Baxter...