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Posted 5 years ago
NevB
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This is a lovely 9" frosted uranium cased- glass vase with painted bird and gilded plants. I can't decide if it is Bohemian or French as the mark is similar to one I've seen which is attributed as French. Further research is required.
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Thanks glassiegirl, have you any specific evidence that it's by Josef Riedel? I've looked online and I can't find anything by Riedel that resembles it, I did think that if it was Bohemian it was probably by Harrach.
A similar - looking item, on a smaller scale is pictured in this post -
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/258460-tiny-riedel-glass-perfume-c-1890?in=user
Thanks IronLace, I'm still sceptical that it's by Riedel, there are French opaline glass vases online which are a better match with very similar marks. Regards NevB.
glassiegirl, yes it has an alpha-numeric mark but it looks different from the usual Riedel marks. I can't decide what the first character is, an f or a decorator's mark?
The signature might read as a Roman numeral IV over 127., the top horizontal line of the IV slightly deep (as running through the numerals). This would be a typical Loetz Dek numbering, the décor would easily fit into the 'Early Loetz' décors.
Many thanks kairomalte, I love the idea that it might be a Loetz piece, I've had a look on the loetz.com website and the mark does seem similar but I can't find this pattern. I'll keep looking.
Thanks glassiegirl, I've just got a message back from the loetz.com website and she says it's not Loetz but probably Harrach, but as you say Harrach don't use the slash symbol, so I'll keep looking.
I stated the signature as a possible Loetz Dek mark and I would like to come back on the Roman numerals left of the slash. The Roman numbers are often written having a horizontally bar above and below the letters. To find the mentioned IV, you need to turn the signatur clockwise 1/4 turn. Here the bar on top of the IV is not placed above, but a little bit lower, such as to cross the letters IV, the lower bar is the slash. Together with the slash separated Arabic number 127 this might very well be a Loetz Dek numbering. If a new Dek turns up, as possibly here, the décor is then of course identified the the first time.
Thanks again kairomalte, I agreed with your thoughts on the mark however as you say it needs a new Dek to appear. I did look up thegildedcurio website and it showed a frosted blue Riedel vase with a very similar bird but I couldn't see the mark. However I don't think they worried too much then about "borrowing" each others designs.