Posted 1 year ago
IronLace
(1005 items)
This was a must have, "bucket list" piece that I was thrilled to win on eBay UK, even if I did have to stay awake to an unholy hour in order to make my last second bid!
In 1995, I purchased a vase in this same shape but with a very different decor - it was a pale green opaline with a decal portrait of a child surrounded by hand painted foliage. I ended up selling it around 2015, & a few years later I discovered it again on CW, in Ales' (larksel) collection, among various other examples in the same distinctive shape, identified as Rindskopf.
Well, from then on I wanted to get any decor in this shape to make up for my error.
Finally, I found this fine example in the oil spot/papillion type decor on a purple ground.
It measures 12 cm tall, 6 cm across the cut & polished top rim, & 5 cm across the base.
Made by Rindskopf, circa 1900.
Congratulations. I was the second bidder.
Many thanks, Ales! You are a most worthy "adversary" in the quest for glass! :-)
I'm glad this vase ended up in good hands.
Much appreciated! :-)
Like you, this beautiful vase was on my 'bucket list' as well. It is so lovely!
I recently acquired this same vase from an online auction in France, and another like it, with a delicate bronze mount, from a US online auction.
This model was typically used by Baccarat. I have found several pieces with the same shape, but varying decors...one with the acid etched Poinsettia (Houx), which Baccarat produced in various colors, as well as a larger model (8" x 7"), in clear crystal with Japonisme gold decor, and one in the green/clear etched Eglantier pattern by Baccarat, (I have also seen it offered in red/clear Eglantier, attributed to Val St. Lambert.)
I'm aware of an iridescent version by Amadee Caranza that is also beautifully etched and signed.
One of the most enigmatic pieces I have in this model is all black, with a ground linear design in a Japonisme or Chinoiserie motif. It came to me from France, and I believe it is Black Hyalith by Baccarat, as the work resembles black Baccarat vases from the 1920's. I've never seen another like it.
My two purple vases, that look like your vase, have two almost invisible lines on the sides (from a mold, I assume), and no pontil.
The clear crystal vase and black vase have polished pontils and no mold lines, yet these all share the same shape, (just like the Rindskopf Diluvium vase, with carved poinsettia, which looks mould blown and then carved.)
I keep asking myself, Was this model/mold sold by Baccarat to Rindskopf?
Many thanks for your interesting observations, L.A.S.S!
It could be that this particular mould was sold on/shared by different makers. Certainly I've noted this before with other distinctive shapes of vases. For instance, a major subset of my collection is glass hand vases, & quite a few of those seem to have been used by various makers over different eras. I've also noted this occurring with slip cast/moulded ceramic items as well.
So - entirely possible, I believe!
Hope I can find another example of this interesting shape in any decor, too...