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Message:: [QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 10286451, member: 91417"]Wow. That is a perfect comparison, say it slowly. They look like the same mold with different glazing/decorating. Further down on the Worthington page is a Coventry cherub & snail planter with the translucent, monochromatic glaze like that in my vase--except it is blue-green.  Searching ebay & etsy, I found a lot of the Coventry cherub & snail planters with both types of glazes.  Plus two in the monochromatic glaze that did NOT have the Coventry mark. One seller showed a blank bottom, with what is possibly an embossed "c."  The other did not mention a mark & did not show the bottom--so I assumed it was blank. So did Coventry allow their molds to be reproduced/ used by other firms or individuals? Or did the mysterious CJE (?) make a mold from a Coventry vase & glaze it?  But then why would s/he mimic a Coventry technique?  I doubt the vases were so valuable that forgeries occurred--and forgers do not leave their initials. It is a puzzlement! In any case, this gives me enough information to market it--Coventry mold with mysterious mark. And my dating estimate seems to be confirmed by Coventry history: 1940s or '50s.  You have really helped me.[/QUOTE]