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Posted 9 years ago
ho2cultcha
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One of the guys who picks for me brought this to me today. it was buried in leaves and dirt in a yard he was cleaning. it took me a long time to clean it up, but it cleaned up beautifully. it has a very nice form and interesting color. you can see many bubbles in the glass. i can't find any maker's mark on it. it stands about 12 inches tall and a little over 4 inches wide. any ideas of what/where/when it is from?
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Oh, i love this green colour, very beautiful form, love it.
Alan
thank you alan. i really like it too, but know NOTHING about it!
That is a beautiful vase Ho2. The shape is very Asian and they like jade coloured glass so it is possibly Chinese. They have been making glass a very long time, and the bubbles are typical, but I may be totally wrong!
Beautiful color and elegant shape ho2 :).... Looks great for being buried in the ground !
thank you racer4four and mikelv85! the piece is very thin, but has thicker areas like the base and the rim. there are no signs of a mold and i think that the pontil has been highly polished. there are thousands of elongated bubbles in it. it wasn't buried in the ground, but buried in leaves and detritus. this piece has gotten an enormous response on the glass sites on FB, w/ lots of speculation. i think it may be Italian or French, or possibly Williams & Stevens Jade [Steuben].
Murano Jade?
See I was way off! Forums are so helpful....lovely vase.
I dunno know -- Pretty. Maybe something like this, scroll down ??
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/21226489_murano-cenedese-green-opaline-glass-bowls-and-plates
that's the color antiquerose, and there was some very sticky stuff from a lable on the bottom of the piece. the hollow base has me a bit confused though. the form is really beautiful - the high/sharp shoulder and the base too.
I know -- color there is kinda right to the link -- but the base is not.
Hmmmm.....more Sleuthing here....LOL
some have suggested that it looks like some of Frederick Carder's early pieces - when he first came from England and started Steuben. i did see some similar bases and colors too.
it feels a little bit lumpy, but not gummy. it looks very smooth, but there are actually little bubble bumps throughout - can't see them w/ my eyes though. it doesn't feel gummy, but every fingerprint shows up on it in the right light. i have found a lot of chinese glass imitating good american and european pieces lately - but not buried under leaves in a backyard.
i think it is Steuben or Carder's opaline jade from turn of the century. i saw some close-up shots online and the bubbles, color, texture and even thickness seems to match.
yes, i agree. i think it's from about 1900-1910. you?
i found some Edwardian Ruskin and Royal Doulton vases w/ the same form, so i think that's exactly right.
my new blacklight came in the mail today. so is this considered uranium or vaseline glass?
there are certain features which remind me of early Ruskin forms - the base and the high, sharp shoulder, in particular.
Love this piece !! I hope you get some other leads on the other posting on this. Such an Amazing Story. How it lasted with no damage, if it is old.
A keeper !!
Love the shape, love the colour and a fantastic size.....very nice!...:-)
Still wonder about something like this but a ??????????
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/veritable-opaline-de-murano-vase-219853326
~ OR ~
https://www.etsy.com/listing/245114063/small-jade-green-opaline-vase-and-stand?ref=market
Just throwing my thought out there.....LOL
thank you antiquerose and inky!
that etsy link one is similar in some ways - particularly the color, but it's a different manufacturing technique. but that color - used quite a bit in Italy, is very close. mine has more bubbles in it though.
very pretty
thank you kivatinitz!
Ok, I have to ask. What on earth is a guy who 'picks'??!
in this case, my picker friends pick through the trash finding things to sell and recycle.