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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aarone, post: 9754516, member: 83202&quot;][ATTACH=full]479228[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]479229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]479230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]479231[/ATTACH] [ We are slowly liquidating the estate of a very traditional and expert US glass collector.&nbsp; So - full disclosure - any help will just go towards me listing it properly on e.g. ebay and getting a fair price.&nbsp; I do love some of these items and they&#039;ve been around my whole life but I can no longer keep them. ]</p><p><br /></p><p>On this vase:&nbsp; I think it&#039;s cut flint glass, and from the ribbed pattern maybe ~1845 and probably US.&nbsp; I see no maker&#039;s mark and no mold lines.&nbsp; All the pattern edges are sharp, like known cut glass and quite different from known pressed glass.&nbsp; However, it seems odd to find large inset panels (rectangular, in lower half) on cut glass.&nbsp; It rings more than pressed glass but not as much as modern crystal.&nbsp; The glass is gray and thick; at 7&quot; tall it weighs 26 oz.&nbsp; Under UV light there is no particular shade (eg. no green or yellow glow).&nbsp; As can be seen, one of the top rim petals is chipped and half gone; this has not been smoothed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I don&#039;t see anything like it in the big EAPG books (Reilly; Jenkins; Metz) which is another reason why I&#039;m guessing it pre-dates that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any corrections / refinements are welcome and a perhaps minimum value estimate especially so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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