Topic: Am I Scottish? Small signed vase - ID = Deborah Fladgate

[catshome]

Hi Frank et al,

I wondered if this might be Scottish.  2.75" tall, broken off and partly polished pontil - it's flat and smooth rather than concave.  Signature and the number 589 - I cannot read the signature but it might be familiar to anyone who has seen it before.

If I'm not Scottish - please move me to the general board.  Thank you for looking
Cat

[Frank]

Piece of studio glass that could come from anywhere   (Moved)

[aa]

A better photo of the signature might help - the angle only seems to show half of it. Also can't read the number - where is that?

[catshome]

I have tried to get a shot of the whole signature but it's tiny and I can't get it all at the right angle and in focus - even in macro.  The bit I've put is the beginning.  The number is 589 - I thought maybe Scottish as, apart from the way the pontil is done, I saw that some of the pieces have a number as a colourway code..........a little knowledge being very dangerous with glass.

I can take a shot of that if it would help??  I will have another bash.  Open to ideas if anyone has any for taking this type of shot..............

Thanks Cat

[Frank]

589 sounds like May 89, which feels right...

[aa]

I don't recognise the piece, but like Frank, I did think that 589 could be May 89, or it could be S 89 for Summer 89 or Studio 89 depending on how it was set out. From the photo of the signature it could possibly be Fladgate, which would suggest Deborah Fladgate, but I reiterate that I do not recognise this as a piece of her work (which doesn't mean that it isn't hers).

You would need to look at the signature again to see if Fladgate is a possibility and then if so seek confirmation directly from her.

Signatures are difficult to photograph.

[catshome]

aa-mazing!  Fladgate it is - once you know what it might say it's so obvious!!!!  And I had another look at the number - could easily be S89 rather than 589. 

It's a really cute piece and even nicer now that I can find out more about the maker.

Many thanks
Cat

[catshome]

Have just done a little more research to find out about Deborah Fladgate and it seems she's based in Kinnesswood, Scotland................so it looks like "I'm Scottish after all"!  Cat

[Frank]

If in checking, you get her CV, work sample pics, contact data, etc. She can go into Scotlands Glass, credited to you for doing the work. 

[chopin-liszt]

 

Deborah Fladgate is Scottish. Rather a well respected artist too.
I believe she won the prize at the SGS Exhibition last time it was in the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. (2/3 years ago.)