Antique goofus glass vases

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  1. Puffy1971

    Puffy1971 Member

    F11ACE33-61F9-4127-AC89-7E11E2815C24.jpeg These goofus glass vases belonged to my ggrandmother. All of the paint chipped off unfortunately. Does anyone know the glass maker, pattern name, or possibly around what date these are from? One is 9.5” and the other is 12.5” high. D585C570-BEAB-4F8B-AA2D-1EE9EA15A0FB.jpeg
     
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  2. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    getting a stiff neck again. . .

    goofus1.jpeg goofus2.jpeg
     
  3. Puffy1971

    Puffy1971 Member

    Tell me the secret...I uploaded from my phone but it would not let me turn the photos the correct position...I'm a newbie!
     
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  4. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    I don't use a phone for pics so can't help you there. I downloaded them to my computer, right clicked on them & used 'rotate clockwise', then uploaded them here. Perhaps others who use their phones will be more help.
     
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  5. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    If all the paint has chipped off then I don't think it is anything other than a glass vase, the paint makes is what makes it goofus :(

    You can check here to see if they show your vase:
    http://www.goofus.org/
     
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  6. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    I have to resize and rotate on my phone... I use Toolwiz...

    @Jivvy has something she likes that resized multiples.
     
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  7. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    I don't actually use it, I just tested it to make sure it works. It does! :joyful:

    https://compressimage.toolur.com/
     
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  8. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Not your fault, only Apple products do this, almost as annoying as the Apple corporation themselves!
     
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  9. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    @Jivvy
    On your phone?
    I still had to select them one by one...
     
  10. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    I've not done multiple at a time. Maybe someone else?
     
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  11. UncleChuckTX

    UncleChuckTX Well-Known Member

    That site has closed down, but was saved in the Internet Archive.

    The archived Goofus Glass Museum shows your first vase (single flower) in its "Vases 3" section as "Unknown - 12-1/2" Tall", with the placeholder of "V3H3", which I finally figured out means "Vases 3 - Row H - Third Vase Shown".

    https://web.archive.org/web/20120628121554/http://www.goofus.org/index.html

    I didn't spot the vase with 3 flower blossoms, but I'll take another look.
     
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  12. UncleChuckTX

    UncleChuckTX Well-Known Member

    The other vase is shown in Vases 1, also as "Unknown - V1F2".
     
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  13. Puffy1971

    Puffy1971 Member

     
  14. Puffy1971

    Puffy1971 Member

    OMG...thank you for posting this! Now I can see what they actually looked like at one time. This is awesome! I will bookmark that page and prob print out those pics of my vases. And as luck would have it, both of mine are "unknown" lol...Thank you again! Now, I'll see if I can come up with a time frame for these.
     
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  15. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    This copied from a web site:

    "Historians have had a hard time nailing down the exact time frame for Goofus glass production due to the lack of documentation by the original manufacturers, but 1897 through the early 1920s seems to be a good estimate based on current research."

    Making your vases a true antique (at least a 100 years old).
     
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    Puffy1971 Member

     
  17. Puffy1971

    Puffy1971 Member

    There used to be a show on TV called "If Walls Could Talk"....sure wish our antiques could talk!
     
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