Posted 5 months ago
IronLace
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Here is a neat Victorian glass vase I picked up cheaply in a local op shop last week, restoring my faith in the "updated" version of this store (it relocated last year & changed significantly in the process, after which it has yielded somewhat fewer vintage finds).
This vase is made from a single layer of opaline white glass with hand painted enamel decoration of flowers. There is also a pale pink painted band on the neck that imitates shaded or "spreading" type glass.
It measures 20 cm tall, 3.5 cm across the cut top rim, & 5.6 cm across the base.
The vase has a simple bottle like form & is surprising heavy for it's size.
Most likely Bohemian origin, late 19th century.
It would be helpful to see a pic of the bottom for any type pontil scar if there is one.
I tend to agree that it is of Bohemian origin, blown into a hard wood glass mold that6 was soaked in water before use and the item turned while still in the mold to smooth out any mold seams. There are often light traces of concentric circles on the bottoms of items like this, from the turn-molding process.
Vases like these were most often made in sets of two for displaying on a mantle, with the hand painted image on each vase mirroring the image on the other.
There are very few records of who made what for this type of glassware, it was most often mass-produced for export.
Usually I add a photo of the base of most items, in this case I didn't bother as there was no pontil mark, nor any concentric circles.