Posted 10 years ago
kivatinitz
(342 items)
This tall (almost 50 cm tall) epergne or trumpet vase was bought by Sergio as a present for mother’s day (Sunday 21/oct/2012) to Jorge of Like Antique, I told that he died unexpectedly this year http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/131382-basalt-glass-art-deco-vase-signed-celta. Jorge was a nice guy, polite and not one that is teasing you to buy something. The sheep of our pesebre was a gift of him to Ricardo our younger son, it is a Beswick http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JwAqUNxunTfn87q1.rzuDQ.jpg . I think that the pictures has caught the marvelous sparkling of the glass, the twisted ribs of the trumpet, the broken polished pontil and the rest of ashes in the glass. I think it is old about ends of 1800 beginning 1900 and that was done in England or in Bohemia for the British market.
I am sorry to read about your friend's death. Glass, for me, and some others, is a huge repository of memory and moment. Whether the moment of seeing and buying, or as a present, or whatever. So this can be our memory for this lovely thing.
Thanks Ian and Cindy.
beautiful!!
Very pretty . I do like epergnes though they do take up a lot of space and will not fit into my display cabinets .