Posted 6 years ago
Vintagefran
(83 items)
Hi Everyone,
A white lined, cased glass conserve jar with silver plated lid and spoon.
In daylight, it reveals milky, iridescent blues, greens and purples along with darker browns and amber.
Taking a photo to include the spoon, which I'd overlooked earlier, I was amazed to see how different it looks under artificial light. The blues look more brilliant. It appears lit from within. The whole pot takes on a different life in the evening.
I wonder if it could be Webb Corbett imitation Blue John?
I'd love to know what others think or anything more about it, if anyone can say.
The colour combination is muted & elegant - & not one I've seen before. I would think this is most likely Bohemian/Czech. Hard to say the era - it seems to float a little between later Victorian to almost early Art Deco.
Like Lace, I love the combination of colors Fran!
Great find, Fran, very pretty.
Thank you Rick and Peggy. I do like unusual things and I'd not seen anything quite like this before. The milky colours seem to have an opal like glow.
I found this online and wondered if it could be a link.
http://www.stylendesign.co.uk/classic/G136.html
The size and shape look identical.
This is beautiful,particularly the colours combination.I've been looking for years for such a pot,because it used to be at my grandma's.She used it as a teapot.
Hi Ivonne, thank you for commenting. It is very beautiful, more than I imagined. The photo I bought it on the back of didn't show it at its best, it was a pleasent surprise. You say your mum had something similar, used as a tea pot!
Was it glass?
How big was it?
This is only 8cm high and I wouldn't risk putting boiling water in it!
I will love to add this one to my collection of jar
Lucky you, sweet heart, I am envy, NOW, ;-(
Hi Alan. That's high praise coming from someone who has the nicest biscuit jar collection I've seen, thank you. I've found biscuit and conserve jars are often overlooked, meaning bargains can be found :) for glass which in a vase would cost a bomb!
Fran,I meant she kept tea in it.I use a wrong word.It was bigger than 8 cm,maybe 12-15.Unfortunetely it was broken when I didn't even know I would collect glass .
Oh Ivonne, I did laugh. I thought how could anyone use it as a teapot! Keeping loose tea in makes far more sense. How lovely to have seen a larger one, what a shame it got broken. How fantastic a set would look! If only I could go back in time to see my grandmothers collection. She died many years ago, long before I got into glass and could really appreciate it