Featured MONSTER BLACK GLASS VASE

I snagged this vase at the South Florida Depression Glass Show this weekend for $62 - I was thinking Viking or LE Smith - then someone said they thought it was Westmoreland - and now someone is saying McKee... it is HUGE for a non-stretch example - measures 14 3/4" TALL X 7" MOUTH OPENING X 6" BASE DIAMETER - it weighs a TON! still have not been able to positively identify - what say you? advanced thanXies

 

I love it too ! It screams for peacock feathers !

 

nice piece I wonder if this could be a funeral vase?

 

I was going to go that show.

 

I looked through the Collector's Guide to Black Glass by Marlena Toohey. Didn't see it, or anything similar in that style (Colonial, Puritan, etc.) Also, very few pieces with octagonal bases. My book is dated 1988, in case anyone has a later version.

 

Malena Toohey published a follow-up book called A Collector's Guide to Black Glass 2 in 1999. I have that book but, unfortunately, your vase wasn't in that book either. I did learn, though, that Pilgrim was producing some very large black glass vases in the early 1990's. Your shape wasn't shown but it may be one more company to consider. Sorry to throw yet one more possible manufacturer in your direction!

 

It is a gorgeous vase!

 

similars noted as Duncan & Miller

Vintage Duncan Miller Panel Clear Glass Flared Colonial Flower Vase | eBay

Duncan & Miller, 754 Milkglass | Replacements, Ltd.

 

that’s ironic - I have a collection of black and red glass - mostly high end Italian that is both black and red that I bought this vase as a backdrop for - but part of the collection includes the Duncan miller winged console bowl and candlesticks in black - so it will especially feel at home… thanx so much for the ID - and thanx all for the input and likes