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Victorian uranium custard glass mini epergne trumpet vase with spatter coil

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Wow22's loves21 of 1986Large Welz BasketLoetz Metallic Yellow Phänomen Genre II-2/314, ca. 1902, with Alvin Sterling Overlay
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    Posted 2 months ago

    IronLace
    (946 items)

    I've just passed my eighth year of posting on CW, & what a time it's been! So much has changed, there's been massive upheavals, both good & bad. But most of all, CW has been a rock for me throughout all those years. Met so many nice folks here, learned plenty, & have been inspired to add SO much more glass to my collection, which I love to share!
    So for what is most likely (unless I find something neat in the next two days) my last post of 2024, here is something weird & wonderful for your enjoyment. I seem to have a particular love for oddities in glass, perhaps because I've been collecting for around 4 decades now, but I still haven't seen it all. I'm always ready to be surprised by what I can find.
    This little curiosity turned up at the bi - monthly antiques fair (on the same stall as the preceding crackle glass vase).
    It is made from opaque custard glass (looks a little creamier in tone than the photos, which make it look white). The glass contains uranium & glows brightly under UV light. It measures 10 cm tall, 6.5 cm across the wavy crimped top rim, & 1.5 cm across the base.
    It also has an applied snake coil in spatter glass - custard ground with streaks of blue & red. I have lots of items with applied coils/snakes but no others made from spatter glass.
    Now, was this once part of an extremely small epergne? The base has a knobby shape, which suggests that it possibly fitted into a socket. Yet it also manages to stand up (precariously) on the base alone, though I'm not going to trust it for more than a minute! I'll display it laying down - better to enjoy the unique spatter coil.
    I guess Victorian era, no idea of a maker though.
    Happy New Year everyone!

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    Comments

    1. BHIFOS BHIFOS, 2 months ago
      Certainly unusual but I like it too!
    2. IronLace IronLace, 2 months ago
      Many thanks, Bernard!
    3. jscott0363 jscott0363, 2 months ago
      Beautiful and such a unique design!!
      Happy New Year my friend!
      Scott
    4. IronLace IronLace, 2 months ago
      Many thanks, Scott!

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