Posted 1 year ago
sklo42
(917 items)
This was bought as an oddity. I think it was made in three parts, cup stem and thin flat foot. Also I remember raspberry prunts from C.W. years ago as having been made by very few companies. If it had any use at all I think it would have been a candlestick. Correction. I have found further information and now believe it to be a wineglass shape called a roemer.
If anyone has information on this piece it would be very welcome.
Height 17.5 cm./7 inches
This is super cool & really interesting, Peggy! I like it a whole lot, & totally understand why you got it - so appealing to the inquisitive & advanced collector.
I think I have one or two items with raspberry prunts (they are indeed rarely encountered).
One of mine is confirmed as Stuart & Sons, the other maybe by another British maker, Victorian era.
But never mind the prunts, what about that very fine & unusual spatter! It varies in each of the three parts of the item. Gotta get my thinking cap on!
I really enjoyed your comment Marin. All I remember about raspberry prunts is that there's a British maker who put them on the pontil area of the base of their pieces.
I hope your thinking cap is in good order!
Glad to hear it, Peggy!
I have tracked back through my old posts to find the raspberry - prunted items, & here they are, a footed bowl, a rose bowl, & two open salts:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/314040-victorian-art-glass-bowl-with-applied-th
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/213293-stuart-and-sons-machine-threaded-and-pull-up
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/228139-victorian-cleveland-stripe-glass-salt-in
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/214586-victorian-pink-and-yellow-art-glass-salt
The link with these is that they all have the prunt on the base.
The rose bowl is definitely by Stuart & Sons, the others, I am uncertain of, but strongly feel they are all British origin. Cleveland Stripe items seem to get attributed to Thomas Webb & Sons.
Now, to the spatter on your unusual vase. That is a whole other matter! I'm going to try & see if I can find anything remotely like it. The slightly "blurry" cobalt blue recalls to me this odd little jug I've had for many years. Small, but very thick & heavy, & I feel, also very old. It is almost "rustic". That really is the only spatter that I can bring to mind even remotely like that on your vase, though of course mine has some extra colours in it besides the cobalt blue.
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/228218-victorian-cased-spatter-glass-jug
I have to say, Marin, you've given me a lot to think about. However I fear this one may defeat both of us.
LOL, I fear that is likely a correct estimation, Peggy!
I have more than a few of those "defeating" items myself...
Goes with the territory. If I'd wanted 100% certainty on maker I should have collected British ceramics, as my mother did.
never saw red prunts.....
kivatinitz, sorry this is late. No shame there they are quite rare. It's the first piece I've ever been able to buy.