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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 270447, member: 105"]Those tiny, fizzy soda-pop-like bubbles must have a name, but I've never been able to figure out what is right to call that technique. I have a piece of Oy Kumela glass filled with those micro-bubbles that gives the clear glass a white milky or smokey look, so have been trying to find a word for quite awhile. </p><p><br /></p><p>All I can find are inconclusive discussions on glass sites disagreeing about the correct word. Here is a list of possibilities: <b>bullicante</b>, <b>cased bollicine</b>, <b>sfumato</b> or maybe <b>pulegoso</b>. Nobody agrees, so I decided to stick with <b>microbubbles</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Serendipitously came across this vase scrolling through Google images looking for a tree truck vase posted in another thread today. It looks to be the same maker as your's but has solid colors, no bubbles. I got excited, hoping it might have an original sticker, but it doesn't.</p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI/$_57.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><i>[..]APPROX....25CM HIGH X 12CM WIDE.</i></p><p><i>APPROX. WT. 1.2KG</i></p><p><i><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ZXcAAOSwCkZZWgZc/$_57.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/w5MAAOSwVJhZWgZ6/$_57.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i>HEAVY TREE STUMP BARK MURANO LEAD ART GLASS FLOWER VASE</i></p><p><i>eBay item number: 201974340108</i></p><p><i>Item location:Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom </i></p><p><i><i><i><a href="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/HEAVY-TREE-STUMP-BARK-MURANO-LEAD-ART-GLASS-FLOWER-VASE-25CM-1-2KG-FREE-UK-P-P-/201974340108?hash=item2f069bda0c:g:1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/HEAVY-TREE-STUMP-BARK-MURANO-LEAD-ART-GLASS-FLOWER-VASE-25CM-1-2KG-FREE-UK-P-P-/201974340108?hash=item2f069bda0c:g:1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.ie/itm/HEAVY-TREE-STUMP-BARK-MURANO-LEAD-ART-GLASS-FLOWER-VASE-25CM-1-2KG-FREE-UK-P-P-/201974340108?hash=item2f069bda0c:g:1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI</a></i></i></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 270447, member: 105"]Those tiny, fizzy soda-pop-like bubbles must have a name, but I've never been able to figure out what is right to call that technique. I have a piece of Oy Kumela glass filled with those micro-bubbles that gives the clear glass a white milky or smokey look, so have been trying to find a word for quite awhile. All I can find are inconclusive discussions on glass sites disagreeing about the correct word. Here is a list of possibilities: [B]bullicante[/B], [B]cased bollicine[/B], [B]sfumato[/B] or maybe [B]pulegoso[/B]. Nobody agrees, so I decided to stick with [B]microbubbles[/B]. Serendipitously came across this vase scrolling through Google images looking for a tree truck vase posted in another thread today. It looks to be the same maker as your's but has solid colors, no bubbles. I got excited, hoping it might have an original sticker, but it doesn't. [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI/$_57.JPG[/IMG] [I][..]APPROX....25CM HIGH X 12CM WIDE. APPROX. WT. 1.2KG [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ZXcAAOSwCkZZWgZc/$_57.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/w5MAAOSwVJhZWgZ6/$_57.JPG[/IMG] HEAVY TREE STUMP BARK MURANO LEAD ART GLASS FLOWER VASE eBay item number: 201974340108 Item location:Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom [I][I][URL]http://www.ebay.ie/itm/HEAVY-TREE-STUMP-BARK-MURANO-LEAD-ART-GLASS-FLOWER-VASE-25CM-1-2KG-FREE-UK-P-P-/201974340108?hash=item2f069bda0c:g:1zQAAOSw6YtZWgYI[/URL][/I][/I] [/I][/QUOTE]
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