Description
IT’S A WHIMSEY VASE!
Here is a Blue Opal Piasa Bird vase!! I love this pattern… it is so intricate and has a lot going on! This vase sits on 3 Ball & Claw feet which are delightful!
One thing you note here is the cool whimsey shape of this vase. The next thing you notice, and I didn’t capture them very well, are the opalescent rays that go up and down the vase! VERY VERY COOL and unusual!
This is a heavy piece of glass.
Older references go from English to US etc…back & forth. Mike Carwile found this pattern in a book by Cyril Manley, “Decorative Victorian Glass,” just not in Opal. So, definitely English. I think most attribute it to Sowerby.
Buy cool and pretty pieces! This one qualifies as BOTH!
Circa early 1900’s.
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Approximate dimensions
6 5/8 inches tall
3 1/2 inches top opening diameter