I am trying to figure out how old and what this vase is. Maybe flint glass? Or what. It is large 7" I’m stumped.
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Yettalass Reputation: 128 See Yettalass' booth |
Sorry no ones come up with any answers for you. If it is flint glass it will glow under a black light – have you tried that? You say it’s 7", is that in height or the diameter across the top? Does the etching of the flowers look like it was etch with a tool or sandblasted, not that I’m sure how easy it is to tell this. The glass looks quite thick. Are there any mold lines?
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lynnestreasures Reputation: 126 See lynnestreasures' booth |
Thanks everyone for your help. Just calling it a nice old rose bowl. Yetta thanks you
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Yettalass Reputation: 128 See Yettalass' booth |
I really don’t think that is brilliant glass Yettalass. Brilliant glass is usually thicker and has a high lead content (giving it the brilliance).
It looks more like an etched design instead of cut. If I had to guess at the age of that item I would say sometime from the 1960s to present. It’s hard to be more precise when I don’t know what the pattern is. The shape of the vase and style of the etching just doesn’t have the same look to me that the older glass does.
If you have a good magnifying glass take a look at the etching. If the pattern is uniformly cut with no tool marks it was done with chemicals. If you see tool marks it was done by hand. Hand etched means a higher quality item that likely has some age to it.
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PhoenixResale Reputation: 219 See PhoenixResale's booth |
Don’t know for sure.. similar to Garden Terrace by Mikasa..???
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ccmom Reputation: 12648 See ccmom's booth |
If it is etched it will be etched on the out side of the vase most likely. An will look “frosted” where it is etched. If it looks slightly frosted and is worked from the inside of the vase and is as deep as 1/5" in places, it may be copper wheel engraving and may be quite old. Smooth Copper wheels and smooth shaped bits of various sizes were used with a foot petal in the 19th cent.,and later in the 20th with electricity. This engraving had to be done slowly under a water drip. Would work best with crystal. It could be done on glass but it might be more likely to crack when doing the copper wheel engraving.
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