Featured Empire Amberina Vase with Sterling Weighted Base - When?

I was astonished to find this gorgeous vase amongst the Thanksgiving decor at the Discovery Shop. I looked at the bottom and saw "Empire Sterling Weighted 406." It is a whooping 16 inches tall with clear ruffled lip that has some yellow on the front. The lip looks something like the lily of the valley vase by Fenton that I recently found.

I found one other on the web that was similar but not as ruffled at the top. I see some dates on the Corning website for Empire Glass Companies but couldn't find this logo. Can anyone tell me an age range?

 

That mark is for Empire Silver not Empire Glass.

From Sterlingflatwarefashions :
Empire Silver Co., Inc.


Brooklyn, NY 1946-Present
Makers of sterling and pewter holloware. Acquired by Lifetime Brands in 2014.

 

Ah ha. That's why I couldn't find it! Thank you so much.

 

I love a nice swung vase - wouldn't surprise me if that's Fenton amberina. I still have the Fenton hobnail swung bud vase in luscious plum opalescent that my Mom bought around 1960, so I never remember a home without it...

~Cheryl

 

Cheryl

Thanks for weighing. Plum opalescent sounds wonderful.

You are right it looks a lot like Fenton Amberina - When I did a Google Image Search, that's what it came up with. So, you think that is a project between the two companies?

 

Maybe someone loved it for sentimental reasons and had a base put on when it got broken. Ive seen vases with silver bases,but they were usually clear glass.

 

Usually the silver companies acquired the glass blanks, suspect the case with yours since the manufacturer stamped their name, but sometimes the glass companies offered silver-mounted pieces. I have a smaller, much less impressive plain clear swung glass vase with a simple 'STERLING' base, a slightly beat up workhouse.

I think the plum Fenton may be handy, if so, will take a quick pic...

~Cheryl

 

There is another one, so not a joining by an individual.
FOR Correne Only Vintage Empire Orange Glass Swung Vase With - Etsy

My thinking is just because there aren't images out there on the web doesn't mean that other examples don't exist. Google doesn't search the entire web, just mainly things for sale or on sites like Collectors Weekly, Worthpoint, Antiques Board, etc. When I dive into a Facebook group, there are astonishing things out there but since they are private no one sees them. I saw a bunch of clear ones when I first looked by typing in the search.

 

Love to see the plum Fenton. Quite excited actually.

 

Here is one in blue

Unique Vintage | Accents | Vtg Empire Aquablue Glass 8 Swung Vase With Sterling Weighted Base Rare | Poshmark

 

maybe Viking Art Glass 'Epic Six Petal'

Vintage Viking Six Petal Swung Art Glass Vase Mid Century MCM Amberina | #4654071071 (worthpoint.com)

same silver foot found on six petal candy dish

Antique Large Ruby Glass Lidded Candy or Apothecary Jar with Sterling Base | #498827087 (worthpoint.com)

 

Wow. You nailed it. Looks like the cooperating companies! That's exactly the same vase. Sounds like it could have happened naturally because Viking was in West Virginia and Empire was in Brooklyn. Viking when it reopened in 1941 may have been looking for new approaches and contacted Empire.

 

Wow, this vase is striking!
What a wonderful find. I'da been all over that, too!

 

Nice work, TallCakes! Should have thought of Viking, my Mom had a weakness for their pieces in the late '60s-early '70s, colorful vases and figurines, often broken by rowdy kids (still have an amber horse she gave me).

Meant to post the Fenton vase last night, but fell asleep, but here is the quick and crummy shot now (9.25" tall):



edit: Here's a reasonably sized vase shot:




And because I know you love orchids, here is a shot of the first bloom I've had in months (the extreme heat took it's toll), a Cattlianthe (LC) Sagarik Wax 'Silk Ball', usually a cluster, but happy for just the one...




~Cheryl

 

It's a beauty that's for sure. Just on its own without the base. And it's big at 16 inches.

 

That Fenton is dreamy. I haven't seen that color in the wild. I can see how your mother kept it around as you moved.

That orchid bloom is stellar!!!! I only have a shelter, not a green house, so I can't grow cattleya or any of their hybrids. Such a crispy contrast of colors and the bloom is in such perfect condition.

 

There you have it.Always learning on here !

 

It is a pretty color, believe it was only produced for a few years, she paired it with a small Murano shell bowl, white cased with a deep plum interior (packed away somewhere).

Awww, thank you! It's spectacular in a cluster, but definitely holds up as a single - hoping with the bit cooler weather, some more orchids will bloom. Cattleyas do fine outside here, Florida is basically a greenhouse anyway. Here's what happens when we have a hard freeze, the hall bath, as well as any free counterspace gets loaded with orchids, bromeliads, succulents and my little staghorn:





~Cheryl

 

Looks like you have some fun things. Us, orchidomaniacs are all alike. Tending to our babies to make sure the weather doesn't harm them. Here in coastal SoCal I can grow Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums, Vandas, and Epidendrums fairly easily in a shade shelter. I bought a baby Vanda Rothschildiana a few years back but it hasn't bloomed yet. It's too dry where I live to grow Cattleyas and some others except in a greenhouse. I have to count on the ocean moisture to keep the things I grow in the soil alive.

 

Wow! I have 2 little orchids that haven't bloomed since I received them a couple years ago. But I guess there's hope for me still. They both need repotting and maybe some feeding. Heading into winter in Southern Wisconsin, I need to find a way to have them in a more humid environment.

That's a gorgeous bloom, I'm very jealous. And that whole tub full of plants makes me want to make some room.

Linda