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    Posted 6 years ago

    artfoot
    (367 items)

    A fellow glass collector, Ross Mckenzie, has a saying, "Glass comes from everywhere," to which I offer Harry's correlative "It can come from anywhere". That's how I feel about this piece - it could be from anywhere. It fit two of my favorite categories - I liked it and it was cheap - but I had, and still have, no solid idea what it is beyond a spatter glass vase.

    It is not an especially small piece standing 7 1/8" (18 cm) tall with a 4 5/8" (11.7 cm) diameter at the shoulders. Aside from that. there is nothing particularly distinctive about the shape nor anything about the colors that would make me think of one place for certain. It is not heavy glass. It appears to have been blown into a mold, two layers with frit applied between them. The throat is sheared and ground, not fire polished.

    Personally, I would lean toward pre-WWII Japanese production but would certainly like to hear other opinions on this one.

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    1. welzebub welzebub, 6 years ago
      It strikes me as Japanese also, for what that is worth.
    2. artfoot artfoot, 6 years ago
      Appreciate it - thank you.
    3. larksel larksel, 6 years ago
      I think it is a product of the Czech glassworks from the 1930s. Some dealers here in the Czech Republic reported as a manufacturer Tomšík (Tomschick).
    4. artfoot artfoot, 6 years ago
      Thank you larksel - I saw a nearly identical vase (same shape and decor) for sale on a German site. The seller claimed it was from Bulgaria. I'm still completely up in the air over this one. Thanks for another direction to look.

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