Thought I would share some of the glass I have right now, only a selected few I have so many. Like many Collectables to keep their value they must be in mint condition, with no chips, scuffs, ring marks, bruises or internal stress fractures.
There are so many people fighting to get their name known and usually to become considered a glass master takes ten years from novice day one. So here is one because it’s interesting not because it’s perfect.
An onion bottle called that due to its shape made c1650-1680 it has been in a river probably more than 250 years so became calcified. Dissolved metals and minerals have adhered to the set face of the glass giving a petroleum sheen to it
Maker unknown
This is by Pablo Vanini again called an onion vase a technical masterwork making the shape and the vertical lines the same distance apart as they converge.
Next a very early piece by Edward Galle made within the first four-five years he opened his studio in Nancy France when he was still working as a carpenter to make things work.
I got this from a house clearance trader at a swap meet/ car boot fair for almost nothing.
It depicts a female dragonfly at the top using her ovipositor to deposit on egg being policed by her male partner to keep away rivals. It is all hand carved using copper wheels then enamelled and gilt on top. With each new layer of enamel the vase must be re-fired and annealed (slowly cooled so internal stress fractures don’t occur) and the same with the gilt.
Love your onion bulb glass. I had never heard of it until I bought this one locally. The seller says he bought it in Pennsylvania, maker/manufacter unknown.
I love glass.
My collection is simple. A lot of older carnival glass and depression glass. Some porcelain and pottery.
Many inherited pieces. What started with 6 Iris and Herringbone cups/saucers my uncle gave me for a Birthday present, has ended up being over 200 pieces.
Here are a couple photos of my china cabinet. It contains about half my collection.
I initially thought your first piece was a gourd. Looks like a dried gourd before it is cleaned. I love the Pablo Vanini piece. I am not a glass collector but I do appreciate some of the art. I love anything by Chihuly and all I have are these notecards…
@here4turquoise thank you for showing your vases. The first piece in green with water splash top and bark pattern is machine manufactured and borrows a 1960’s motif reminiscent of whitefriars glass and pieces made by Micheal Harris. Lots of this style are made in the counties of India and Holland in Europe but there is probably someone local in the US making it too.
Your Multi coloured and large dimple Blenco vases are beautiful their website is readily available to check current pricing on.
Thank you @fernwood for sharing your glass. The carnival glass had a resurgence about 16 years ago and slowed down, lock down has brought about a new interest in it again with the blue pieces garnering premiums.
I really like depression glass you have some fine examples look out for pieces by Boston and Sandwich company some of their pieces can attain over 10,000 USD. I have a tiny cream table jug the mold was used so much glass over spills and forms a small ridge on its rim cost 25c/ 20 pence
@nanc9354 Dale Chihuli is NA and based in Seattle you can visit his garden and studio
He has a lighting piece in the foyer to the Victoria and Albert museum in London they paid 3,000,000 USD for it.
The Dennis Mullen piece is new to me I mostly see European glass as I am in the UK. It’s lovely.
Your blue piece is similar to works coming from Japan and Iceland currently, again stunning thank you
I’m more of a pottery collector…Pueblo pottery, Italian Mid Century, Arts and Crafts.
But I love glass, too!
Here are a few things from my odd collection.
This is made by Dan Bergsma, he attended the Pilchuck School. A big piece, it’s 13" high.
I figure this is the closest I’m ever gonna get to owning a Chihuly.
Milwaukee Art Museum’s has a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture, Isola di San Giacomo in Palude Chandelier II. It was donated. It is gorgeous! I also enjoyed seeing the Chihuly art at the Arizona desert outdoor museum. My family saw the Chihuly exhibit in Seattle. I missed the trip due to an emergency. I am embarrassed to say that I didn’t know he was NA!
The Bellagio in Las Vegas has a Chihuly floral ceiling installation - pretty amazing. Living in the PNW we are lucky to be able to see Chihuly pieces all the time. If you cannot afford Chihuly glass sculptures, you can alway get a blanket. https://www.chihuly.com/shop/bookshop/blankets he’s a big collector of vintage Pendleton blankets.
Thank you for showing your glass you may know already, your kralik pieces are made with uranium glass ( it’s safe enough to eat off don’t worry) if you take any UV torch they will glow in the dark your examples are made c 1880-1920. I have included photos of an example I have. There are many different minerals used in glass that make it glow.
5500BCE old kingdom Egypt they used manganese to clarify glass if they had UV then if would glow too. Cadmium, and others are used giving different colours red, blue, yellow and orange.
The blue lamp base below is made in Czech Republic where they have never stopped making this kind of glass since 1880.
Mary Gregory glass was the stand out glass artist who made enamel glass pieces, and she excelled most examples are now known by her name to describe that style.
Here are a few other pieces
A Stelvia Empoli “optic” the baluster stem has a double sided face embossed in Vaseline glass (that also glows in the dark)
Beautiful glass pieces This is the closest piece to me now. Omg I can’t believe how heavy that was, at least 20 pounds. I’ll have to have my husband put this back. I had it on the floor.
Y’all have some beautiful glass!! Here are a couple easy to reach random pieces from my collection. They are Blenko paper bag vase, L.E. Smith bittersweet swung vase, Murano Cenedese ashtray, a uranium inkwell, and Rainbow (maybe?) glass decanter.
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I can’t believe how heavy that was, at least 20 pounds. I’ll have to have my husband put this back. I had it on the floor.
