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Author Topic: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?  (Read 976 times)

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Offline Greg.

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Hi All,

Hoping that someone might recognise this tall steel blue cylinder vase, which is clear cased with a conical shaped foot. The clear base has a distinctive inverted spike.

Plenty of age related wear to the base.

Very tall and heavy, measures 40cm tall.

I did wonder if these may have been produced by Aseda especially given the base, however have been unable to find another example.

All thoughts welcome.

Many thanks,
Greg

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2023, 11:26:54 AM »
Is the base hollow?
That's fairly unusual, but I did have a Reijmyre piece that had a base like that, so they're a possibility too. Here's the old listing of that with some photos.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/725633222/vintage-swedish-reijmyre-tapered-ruby?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2023, 11:52:39 AM »
Thanks, it's a little hard to make out from the photo. The centre of base is hollow. As you see the spike shape in picture 2, that whole area is hollow.

There are a few Scandinavian makers with indented bases, although the spike shape to this one is slightly different. I think Aseda produced pieces with similar bases from memory.

I'll have a look into Reijmyre, thanks for the suggestion.

I did post it on designlasi a while back, but that was just before the site sadly closed, which was a real shame.

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2023, 12:50:31 PM »
Check here Greg:

Brown vases on fourth shelf down left hand side - there is one the same shape and I think with the spike bubble but shorter?

http://www.50-talskeramik.se/2013/09/utstallning-aseda.html

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2023, 09:49:48 AM »
Thanks for taking a look M.

I had a look through the exhibition photos a while back and wasn't sure my vase was shown. Some of the pieces are hard to compare, if I'm looking at the same vase, I think the brown example you mention has a 3 pronged triangular base, whilst mine is completely flat with the central inverted spike ?

There are a couple of other vases shown which also look similar (with a flat base) however, not sure the spike is the same, also some appear to taper slightly towards the top of the vase, whilst mine is completely cylindrical.

I had a scan through one of the mid 70s catalogues and also couldn't see an exact match. I'll have another look around, fingers crossed.

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Greg

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2023, 10:22:23 AM »
Difficult.  I see what you mean about the shape but further on there are some straight cylindrical vases as well - no indents.  If that collection is comprehensive to all shapes they made then it's not there but if not, it could be a variation.  My hesitation is that yours is so tall.  Could it be either a later 'update/iteration' from Aseda, or a look a like?  M&S sold some bubble base vases for a while for example:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295920734352?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1bXsGedVTSaewqfUgreFZmg59&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=295920734352&targetid=1816459696765&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045660&poi=&campaignid=19097601017&mkgroupid=152525099668&rlsatarget=pla-1816459696765&abcId=9303862&merchantid=113478480&gclid=CjwKCAjw38SoBhB6EiwA8EQVLnvbJMUBVEhNwihclFAGRe2QsuzDb3841JXINQioPJNkdYhnYaR_axoCbEQQAvD_BwE

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2023, 10:50:44 AM »
Pretty sure this vase is Aseda, they did produce oversized versions of some designs, I currently have the 40cm vase shown in the photo here:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,40887.msg226771.html#msg226771

They also produced the same design with variations in the base, could be indented shapes, a bubble or several 'spikes'.

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2023, 11:11:04 AM »
I'm curious about the base of your vase.  Is the rim is cut and polished and the base is polished flat as well?  Or is it just a very good mold blown base? 
I'm going to check my Aseda vases later but I don't think any have a polished flat base. However they also don't have a bubble in the foot so perhaps it was a feature of making that indent?

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2023, 02:22:44 PM »
Thanks for taking a look John, its quite a heavy piece at just under 3kg. My initial thoughts were Aseda until I couldn't find an exact comparison.

M - I've taken a few extra photos, apologies for the photo quality, had some trouble reducing the file sizes.

The rim is cut and polished with a small bevel and the base is mold blown and not polished flat.

Hope these pictures help a little.

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Re: Large Cylinder vase with inverted base - Poss Scandinavian / Aseda..?
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2023, 06:17:45 PM »
These IIttala Lappi vases by Erkki Vesanto have a similar indent in the base. The blue Aseda vase has several thin 'spikes' pushed into the base, this design can crop up with a range of base variations.

There is an Aseda vase with the same shape indent as yours in Scandinavaian Glass Fire & Sea, page 27, photo top left of three different Aseda vases with varying holes in the bases, vase in the middle.

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