Topic: New Zealand vase. ID = Katie Brown

[lyndhurst44]

Hi,
I've had this pink vase for quite a while. It has several pieces of info around the base including "New Zealand". The sandblasted nature of the vase makes it very difficult to photograph the base lettering but I think I can make out the name Jackie or possibly Katie but little else. The vase is quite large at 7" tall and heavy. I wonder if any of our New Zealand experts can put me on the right track please as I was hoping to list it on Fleabay.
Thanks,
Bryn

[lyndhurst44]

Wow! I think I can answer my own question. Katie Brown. I did a google search on New Zealand glass  for Jackie that proved fruitless but Katie brought up Katie Brown. I googled Katie Brown New Zealand glass and found a very similar vase to mine in blue. This vase had more in the way of swirls as decoration but there was no denying the similarity. It was retailing for $380 + tax. Very pleasing.

[gaspy1]

Yes, it certanly looks like the work of Katie Brown of Whanganui. Katie gained her Diploma in Glass in Whanganui in 1999, and after a period working with Josh Simpson in Massachusetts set up Chronicle Glass in Whanganui (with Lyndsay Patterson) in 2003.

[lyndhurst44]

Thanks Stuart.
To think I've been trying to find that out for months. Now I know the answer the inscription on the base seems as clear as day!!