Scottish , Art Glass Bowl"Monart", Circa 1940-50

Hello
CW Friend.
Yesterday I was very tired after all this action with the outage, clean up outside my property, basement upside down due to a small flood, anyway, almost back to normal now, still today to rest, before go back work tomorrow, suppose to be a relaxing long week-end, i will remember this one for sure.
This is the third piece from Scottish Glass house coming from my friend collection, i see many more at his place, but for now this is it, a nice little bowl in mottled light Purple and Pink with scalloped rim, small inclusion of spot colored glass inside the neck, very pretty.

This little bowl stand 2 inch tall, 4.25 inch wide at the rim, on a 2.50 inch base.
The article below was another point a view of Monart Glass factory, different way to told the story, Picture #4 is related to it.

Thanks for Viewing.
Alan

It’s almost 25 years ago now that I paid a bric-a-brac shop in North London the bargain price of £7 for a very nice little bluish-green coloured glass vase. Made at the Moncrieff glassworks in Perthshire, by an emigré Spanish family, it was from a range of glass known as “Monart”, which over the intervening years has become much more widely recognised and far more sought after.

The first experimental piece of Monart was made c.1923 by glassworker Salvador Ysart. Encouraged by Mrs Isabel Moncrieff, wife of glassworks owner John, and named after "Mon" from Moncrieff and “art” from Ysart, production began soon after. Subsequently helped by Salvador's sons Paul, Vincent, Augustine and Antoine, it continued until 1961 – albeit interrupted by the war and, from 1946, without Salvador and two of his sons, who left to make their own and similar “Vasart” glass.

The types of pieces produced included fruit bowls, jugs, plates, lemonade sets and table lamps, but vases – made in numerous shapes and sizes – comprised most of the range, and it is the pre-War examples of these that are the most coveted by collectors. Their desirability primarily resides in their distinctive, variegated colouring. This was in-part achieved by rolling or dabbing, and then manipulating fine-quality French or German enamel colours (post-War enamels were significantly paler) into the partially blown glass vessel before fully blowing and, usually, encasing in a layer of clear glass. Favoured enamel colours included green, blue, pink, orange, red, yellow and black.

However, in most cases, other decorative elements were also included, and these invariably make a major contribution to Monart’s distinctive appearance. Notable additions include flecks of aventurine or “goldstone” (imported from Paris), silver mica flakes (bought from a local Woolworths at Christmas time) and charcoal – the latter leaving entrapped bubbles in the vessel when it evaporated. Individually hand-crafted and with such diverse ingredients, it isn't surprising that no two pieces of Monart emerged identical, and that, of course, is also very much part of the attraction.

Because of visual similarities with Vasart glass, identification isn't always straightforward. Helpful pointers include a raised disc on the underside, produced by grinding down the pontil mark, and if you're lucky the disc might still have its original Monart sticky label attached. To avoid mistakes, however, I recommend you purchase via a reputable dealer or auction house.

As for prices, they are determined by qualities of shape, colour and pattern and, of course, rarity. You can still pick up small orange vases (orange being the most common colour) for under a £100 but, as the three examples shown reveal, larger, more unusually shaped vases in rarer colours and patterns have pushed up through the multiple hundreds of pounds towards the £2,000 barrier – which certainly puts my £7-twenty-five-years-ago bargain into perspective.

Courtesy of:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/collectables/2353/monart-glass-vases-made-by-moncrieff-glassworks-are-a-good-investment.html