Posted 6 years ago
truthordare
(369 items)
It could be heart breaking to pay a lot of money only to get a repro in the mail, or a glass piece meant to deceive, or a fake. I get caught once in a while. Too foolish and impulsive to check first instead of after. Then sometimes I like it anyway and the seller is willing to give me a partial refund.
The website realorrepro dot com has an excellent range of antique and vintage categories and many articles, explaining the many ways an item is not what you think. This is done after some research and added illustrations, images that are unmistakable.
I find in the art glass category the most often used for an inaccurate description is Murano, Italy as a guess. Some pieces have a label that says so, so it is even more difficult to judge.
Image 1 shows a large heavy orange and cream interior pedestal glass vase, newish, early 2000, Chinese? No mark. 16 inches by 6.5 inches.
Image 2 looks like a Gedruber Funk glass vase pair in style, newish, 2010 or so, maker? 7 inches high
Image 3 another heavy large multi cased glass vase, newish late 1990s, Chinese? No Mark, 16.5 inches by 6 inches.
Image 4 a swirl vase with iridescent finish, in a Czech style, but glass is lightweight and has a rubber feel to it, recent product, newish 2000+. 11.5 inches high.
Have a fine day. April is here.
Photo 2 has two Australian pieces by Crown Crystal from the 1930’s done by Czech glass immigrant workers.
Thank you for the loves CW members. Always appreciated.
I'm always interested in glass information, if it applies or not to what I am posting.
https://www.carnivalglassworldwide.com/melon-rib-proof.html
This is the link to the Australian glass/crystal producer mentioned in comment 1. From the text of the website and illustrations, I can deduce what are similar glass vases, but mine is smaller, newer and made of glass not crystal with a small green spatter decoration, and rims which are molded tiny crimps.
A Roumanian glass master immigrant is also mentioned, I don't know if that is the reference to an Eastern European influence in 1938. Thanks.
Your deductions are incorrect.
I'm going to have to agree with TOD on this one. I would be very surprised if these are Crown Crystal (or any other Australian glass maker) though the shape has some similarities. From what I've found so far, these most likely have a fairly recent Romanian origin. And they do look more like a Funk product than a Crown product - could be Polish. Jury is still in deliberation.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/273788638048?ul_noapp=true
Here is another version of the orange spatter vase I just saw this morning, I have come across this multi blue mix glass decor before, this one has the look of Murano with the clear pedestal and Czech with the blue spatter. Also large at 13 inches.
Thank you for further comments.