Topic: Is this Gunnel Nyman?

[Jay]

I'd always thought these were by Gunnel Nyman, but recently started to find auctions saying 'possibly by....'.

Does anybody know whether it is? And if not, who?

As I hope the photo shows, these are made to quite a high standard with careful scaling and positioning of the bubbles, etc.

[catshome]

Can we see the bases please?

[kisslikeether]

They are not Gunnel Nyman. Too many online auctions have 'attributed to' or 'possibly by' in their listings in an attempt to inflate the price.

[Jay]

Thanks.
Do you know where they DO come from?

[chopin-liszt]

I'm not terribly "au fait" with accurate whitefriars colours - but the little bowl looks very Whitefriars-y.
(I know there are other makers of little bowls like this, although I'm not sure who.)
I have heard the way to tell a genuine Wfs one is if you can hook your fingertips under the rim a little bit.

[Jay]

Thanks Sue, but I'm a bit doubtful. The colour doesn't look similar to anything I can find in Whitefriars...and the quality of the items I can find online is really not at the same level of 'control'. These two are very precisely executed, with tiny bubbles in an exact pattern.

Maybe there's a Whitefriars expert who can help?

[chopin-liszt]

Not me   
But I have just inspected a wfs one. The bubbles are pretty neatly arranged, but there is the odd one which is the wrong size. I've seen much neater from other (unknown) makers.
I think your blue is too green for the pale "arctic" blue wfs used. 
It was just the shape of the small bowl. The other vase doesn't look wfs.