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Art Deco Scottish Crackle Cloisonné, Turquoise, Art Glass Vase "Monart", Circa 1920-30

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British Art Glass233 of 697Scottish Green and Pink with gold aventurine, Art Glass Vase"Vasart, Mid 20 CenturyBristol Glass Blue Disc window diffuser or coaster with the copied signed booklet and a handmade drawstring soft bag.
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    Posted 8 years ago

    Alan2310
    (915 items)

    Hello
    CW Friends
    When i pay a visit to my new friend last Thursday, this vase get my attention, well he said to me" Alan, you have good eyes, but very expensive taste, this vase is made in Scotland by a Glass house name Monart, they are very desirable and expensive, I say i like it.....you know the rest, this vase land in my box.
    I want to share with you my new acquisition, a rare, hand blown, early 20th century. Art Deco Scottish art glass vase by John Moncrieff Glassworks Ltd. (Monart) Perth; Scotland, in rare Cloisonné technique.
    Surface decorated pieces are the scarcest type of Monart and two of the styles were named. This is Cloisonné, which was made by dipping the gather in water which created cracks in the surface. Further blowing opened up the cracks. This example also shows the the lustre deposited on the Turquoise outer layer by exposure to impurities in the gas. Until around 1926 Moncrieff made their own gas, they then switched to corporation gas which was purer. When Paul Ysart made some surface decorated pieces post war, he would have used chemicals to achieve the lustre.

    This vase stand 7.75 inch tall, 5 inch at the widest portion, 3.50 inch at the rim.

    Thanks for viewing.
    Alan

    -----------------------------------Salvador Ysart-------------------------------------

    Salvador Ysart (born 1878, Barcelona, Spain, d. 1955 Scotland) was a glassblower who came to work at the Moncrieff glassworks in Perth, Scotland, in 1922 where he designed and produced a range of art glasswares called Monart

    -----------------------------------Life and career------------------------------------

    Originally from Barcelona, Salvador worked at the Schneider Art Glass factory in France. In 1915 he moved to Scotland with his family where he was recruited to teach light bulb glassblowing at Leith Flint Glassworks in Edinburgh. In 1922 he moved to the Moncrieff glassworks in Perth, initially to make laboratory glassware with his eldest son Paul (1904–1991). Producing ‘friggers’ (hobby pieces) in their spare time, they were encouraged to produce art pieces and by 1924 had produced a range of decorative glasswares under the name of Monart (from MONcrieff and YsART). By the 1930s, their pattern book contained a range of glasswares including vases, bowls, lampshades, candlesticks, scent bottles, ashtrays and paperweights Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. and retailed at leading stores such as Liberty & Co. and Tiffany & Co..

    Production of art glass at Moncrieff’s ceased during WWII. After the war, Moncrieff’s were reluctant to continue producing art glass, so in 1947, Salvador, with his younger sons Vincent and Augustine, set up Vasart Glass. Paul Ysart continued to work at Moncrieff’s, producing a limited range of Monart glass and paperweights till 1961, when art glass production finally ceased.

    By the 1950s, Vasart was proving to be popular, but in 1955 Salvador died, followed a year later by Augustine. This left Vincent running the business on his own. Production declined through the late 50's and in 1964, Vasart was taken over by Teachers Whisky (for whom they were making squashed whisky bottle ashtrays) and was rebranded as Strathearn Glass.

    -------------------------------Monart and Vasart-----------------------------------

    Monart and Vasart glass objects, such as paperweights, vases and dishes, are characterised by vibrant marbled colours combined with subtle hues and inclusions of mica flecks and bubbles. Their decorative and distinctive style has made such objects popular with collectors, many examples of which can be seen at the Perth Museum.

    Courtesy of ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Ysart

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    Comments

    1. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      OneGoodFind
      SEAN, many thanks for the love, much appreciated that you take some time to stop by.

      Regards
      Alan
    2. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      charcoal, many thanks for the love, much appreciated, your input matter to me.

      Regards
      Alan
    3. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      Trey
      smiata
      AnneLanders, many thanks for the love, much appreciated that you take some time to stop by.

      Regards
      Alan
    4. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      Those comments was post before I deleting this post,"THANKS TO ALL"

      charcoal- 2016-03-26
      Outstanding information as always Alan. Thanks for posting.

      AmatoorPikr- 2016-03-27
      Oooooh!,...lovely color!!!

      Karen- 2016-03-27
      I know of a man in UK who is a great Monart collector. He has never shown one like this Alan. Well done!

      glassiegirl- 2016-03-27
      I agree with Charcoal, great post with information. We've owned this shape in green, but never knew exactly what it was. It's heavy piece of glass that for sure. Thanks, for sharing Alan.

      AnneLanders- 2016-03-27
      Alan I have a piece of Monart. They are better known in British Art collecting and less known than the US or rest of Europe..
    5. millarart millarart, 5 years ago
      Alan, unfortunately your vase is not Monart infact I doubt its even Scottish Monart did make glass in this type of decoration which they called Cloisonne but your vase is not a Monart the shape, the base / pontil is wrong the colour is wrong etc pieces like yours are made in countries from China to Czech etc and come in yellows blues greens etc

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