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Complete loss on this by Jr85 posted Jan 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM

Anyone know about this by Jr85 posted Jan 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM

 

@Ownedbybear any idea where I could look up info please?

 

You might try searching "controlled bubbles" These were popular style 50-60 years ago with Erickson, Chalet Glass and in Europe. It does not ring any specific bells with me.

 

@George Nesmith thanks il have a look!!!

 

Use search term "Bullicante" for controlled bubble.

I often see pieces of "almost" bullicante - spacing should be very uniform as it is on your example. If you find lamps with Bullicante, you're a lucky picker

 

Got a pic of the bottom ? That can help narrow down where it might have come from . I get a Czech vibe ? Just saw the base in the other thread . Im inclined to agree with Bear , Italian .

 

I like that graduated colour one. By the way, the top is wrong for Whitefriars, too, the lobed vases have nice thick uniform edges.

 

I have an interest, but don't have mid-century art glass completely dialed in.... The opalescent accent on the bottom might be a clue.

Italian glass like will often (not always) have aventurine (gold). Opalescence seems to be over the entire piece.

Generally speaking, of course!

 

Do you have: Glass Encyclopedia?

 

I'm loving all your inputs as I stated earlier I'm a novice and never taught how much of a wide variety of possibilities there is I love them both can't stop looking at them but with them Being so hard to pin down does it raise the odds on them not been of good quality?? No I have no encyclopedia but have been looking online as !much as I can my eyes are now sore

 

Whitefriars FLC Gold/Amber Lobed Vase Pat No. 9777

 

(I know nothing about Whitefriars, so thanks for this and all comments) Yours is amberina... Their colors are really beautiful...

 

I had the small one labeled as that and someone else said they collect such glass and what I have is not whitefriars lobed foot vase by Geoffrey Baxter pattern No 9777 with controlled bubbles that's why as a novice I'm at a complete loss even if I still think thats what it is!?!?

 

I saw some like on by Behr (autocorrect) mentioned

and then I came across these two so it looks like they are Whitefriars... doing this on my phone so I can't backtrack but I can find them later... seems correct

 

Whitefriars never made any amberina at all. They did make some cased bicolours but not in lobed or bubbled, and they were blues, purples and greens.

That amber one on Ebay looks right, although I'd want to see the bottom - can you see how thick the top is? It's also the right Golden Amber to give it its proper term - yours isn't.

The ruby is cased clear and ruby, and I think probably right. Although the bubbles worry me a bit. Auctioneers often mislabel.

 

Hi OwnedbyBear - thanks for fine-tuning our eyes

Re. Bubbles: Do you mean the fact that the bubbles are a bit stretched?

Second one: Did I misuse the term amberina bc the blend is achieved with casing and/or the bottom color should be more yellow? or that term should just be used on Depression glass?

There are both lobed and sheared tops on styles 9777 and 9772 in their catalog, but looks like Whitefriars lobes would go up the entire piece, not blend or fade out as does number 2?

I see the Whitefriars to look for are the more Blenko-ish, like Banjo, Drunken Bricklayer and...

 

Yes, Whitefriars bubbles tend not to have that sort of pinhead look?

Amberina: WF never did a graduated red or deep colour that changes gradually to yellow or orange. In fact, they didn't do graduated glass at all - nor did they ever do neodymium glass, unlike Caithness. They did do cased glass like mad, and occasionally that was two coloured. The bicolours were very hard to make, though, so not many were done.

Yes, too, the lobes typically continue up.

I'm amazed that tangerine banjo went for so much. Prices have dropped back hugely since the peak. Value is an odd thing - there's some vanishingly rare elephants which I covet and they go for a lot. So do the owls with bubbles, relatively, when compared to the plain.

 

I made sure to clip only recents - textured, molded pieces seem to have stayed in demand...

After all that, Jr85, more traditional pieces like yours don't command very high dollars unless you can attribute them to another artist/house...

But we learned a lot, so thanks OBB!

 

Most welcome!

 

Medium vase top by Jr85 posted Jan 25, 2016 at 9:09 PM

Medium vase by Jr85 posted Jan 25, 2016 at 9:09 PM

Vase top view by Jr85 posted Jan 25, 2016 at 9:09 PM

Large vase size compa by Jr85 posted Jan 25, 2016 at 9:09 PM