Posted 2 days ago
sklo42
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This small vase has a lot going on. A satin finish with a colour fade effect and five frosted leafy feet. Not to mention the most crimped of crimped rims I've ever seen.
Height 13 cm./5 inches
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Mother of Pearl -aka- MOP air trap, satin glass was first made in the 1850s in England and in Massachusetts. It was a special type of mold-blown satin glass with air bubbles in the glass, giving it a pearlized color. Exposure to acid vapor gave the piece its satin finish. It has been reproduced. Mother-of-pearl shell objects are listed under Pearl.
More info about original Victorian pieces and modern versions made at Murano, Italy in the 1970s.
https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Mother-of-Pearl
Forgot to add; Your vase looks like is may have been made at one of the Stourbridge, England glassworks given the applied satin glass feet. None of the modern Italian versions of this type of glass are done like that, plus the busy tight crimping rims are common on English Art Glass.
Super little vase, Peggy!
The apricot shade is very appealing & not that often seen, & the tight, upright crimp is also something different from the mote typical double crimps or pie crust style ones...
Mother of pearl is actually a creamy white glass with an iridescent finish. This is not 'airtrap' since there are no 'bubbles' as the surface is flat. "Looks like it MAY have been made at ? I'm afraid that is meaningless and just further spreads misinformation. It was posted as Victorian as that is reasonably certain. I have no wish to be rude but conjecture is counter productive and needs refuting. I shall delete your comments in due course.
Marin, that's what I thought. Not my usual thing but I just liked it!
Bravo sklo42, I had a similar 'expert' testimony from this person & had to delete as evidence unfounded. And BTW, your vase is beautiful & I'm sure YOU are more expert about it!
(Feel free to delete this comment as well, by now you know I am non confrontational :)