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Victorian cased art glass basket with thorn handle - Welz

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    Posted 5 years ago

    IronLace
    (928 items)

    Spotted this a while back, but the shop was closed. Finally made it mine - yes, another basket, but as I'm not planning on moving house I'm permitting myself such an indulgence...
    It's fanciful, loud, & busy...if fun was made of glass, I think this it what it would look like.
    Made from two layers of cased glass - deep tangerine over yellow, it has an unusual folded over top rim studded with large hobnail bumps, & finished with a yellow & clear crested single crimp. There is a clear applied twisted thorn handle. Measures around 23 cm tall at the top of the handle, 20 cm wide across, & 7.5 cm across the base, which has a rough, snapped pontil mark.
    I believe that it was made by Welz.

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    Comments

    1. sklo42 sklo42, 5 years ago
      From one favourite Welz décor to another! Congratulations, IronLace!
    2. ozmarty ozmarty, 5 years ago
      What an amazing piece .. love it!!
    3. Ivonne Ivonne, 5 years ago
      What a great basket!Quite a big piece of glass in a lovely colour.Yes,I love it!
    4. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Many thanks, sklo42! I had a basket (not this fancy though) in this colourway many years ago, obtained cheaply as it was damaged...then later destroyed by a wayward feline. Nice to have a far more flamboyant example in mint condition!
    5. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Thanks also, Marty!
    6. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Thank you most kindly, Ivonne, thought you'd like it! I just can't resist a big, fancy piece of glass, & art glass baskets always seem to deliver the goods...
    7. philmac51 philmac51, 5 years ago
      Crazy piece - love it!
    8. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      My sentiments exactly, philmac51!
      It's delightfully off the wall, as so much Welz glass is...I have a feeling that there were some jolly folks designing their glass, as it tends to be brimming over with vivid colours & quirky shapes...
    9. welzebub welzebub, 5 years ago
      Some of the Welz production is just so crazy!!! Great basket.... I love it!!!
    10. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Thanks so much, welzebub!

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