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Blenko Lemon Yellow Triangular Applied Blob Vase by Wayne Husted

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    Posted 10 years ago

    Raestelle
    (21 items)

    I've had this vase for years and I just realized that it is marked Blenko, (circa 1959) by Wayne Husted. When inspecting it through a loupe, I noticed a hair line in one of the blobs. I ran my fingers over it and the surface is smooth as ever with absolutely no indications of the slightest crack. Turns out, I think it's an actual hair. In the close up pictures, you can see the tiny little bubbles surrounding what I think is a lock of hair. Perhaps I have a lock of Wayne Huston's hair as a bonus. :D Does it look like a lock of hair to you?

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    1. GeodeJem GeodeJem, 10 years ago
      There is a Blenko Collectors Society. But for an hair to get into glass that is going to be fired has to be an amazing survival story.
    2. Raestelle Raestelle, 10 years ago
      Thank you GeodeJem. Yes, I think so, too.
    3. inky inky, 10 years ago
      How cool is that...DNA in your vase...:-)))...and your mark!..I bet you were thrilled when you first saw what you thought might!! be a mark....I keep looking at my vases over and over willing a mark...:-)
    4. Raestelle Raestelle, 10 years ago
      Lol, Inky! I'm going to be looking a lot closer at my glassware from now on. Interestingly, I accidentally found it when I was doing some research on my Blenko bubble vase (which I knew was Blenko) and a blob vase exactly like mine popped up. I sat there staring at the screen for a moment before my brain connected the dots, lol!
    5. GeodeJem GeodeJem, 10 years ago
      In the Fashion of Jurassic Park, you extract the DNA and make yourself a copy of whatever "being" the hair come from! Beware though Prince or pauper you have no choice.
    6. Raestelle Raestelle, 10 years ago
      Hahaha! That's too funny, GeodeJem. Now if only I were a scientist.
    7. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      p.s. its "WAYNE HUSTED" is the designer .
    8. Raestelle Raestelle, 10 years ago
      Thank you, Sean, for the correction! I knew that, too! My fingers type faster than my brain can think!
    9. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      lol!!! been there done that before my self !!
    10. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      your very welcome Rasetelle!!

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