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<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 2501818, member: 3974"]Stumbled across this pottery vase on Ebay (seller in Florida says they got it from their husband's Aunt) - and bought it - yes, purely an impulse buy - but the reason being is I recognized it - well, more to the point, I recognized the form. At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA (which I visit several times a year), there is a rather large display of Tiffany and other art nouveau glass. This large peacock lamp being one of the featured pieces:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-49694604/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-49694604/" rel="nofollow">https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-49694604/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267494[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After stumbling across this vase on Ebay - I did a bit of googling and found 3 or 4 other examples of the vase (all previous sales either from worthpoint, Ebay, or rubylane) None of the listings/ pages that I found seemed to be able to attribute the vase to a particular maker, although a couple of them indicated that they thought it was Italian. Wherever/whenever it came from, it is clearly modeled after the Tiffany lamp. According to the museum, the lamp was made between 1898-1900, so I'm assuming the vase would have to be after that (some of the other listings of copies of this vase said late 1800's which I'm assuming is wrong).</p><p><br /></p><p>The vase is on the large side 16 inches high, although nowhere near the 40 inches high of the lamp. It is unmarked except for perhaps a decorator's mark on the unglazed base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the pics of the vase:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267501[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Any idea where this is from?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 2501818, member: 3974"]Stumbled across this pottery vase on Ebay (seller in Florida says they got it from their husband's Aunt) - and bought it - yes, purely an impulse buy - but the reason being is I recognized it - well, more to the point, I recognized the form. At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA (which I visit several times a year), there is a rather large display of Tiffany and other art nouveau glass. This large peacock lamp being one of the featured pieces: [URL]https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-49694604/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]267494[/ATTACH] After stumbling across this vase on Ebay - I did a bit of googling and found 3 or 4 other examples of the vase (all previous sales either from worthpoint, Ebay, or rubylane) None of the listings/ pages that I found seemed to be able to attribute the vase to a particular maker, although a couple of them indicated that they thought it was Italian. Wherever/whenever it came from, it is clearly modeled after the Tiffany lamp. According to the museum, the lamp was made between 1898-1900, so I'm assuming the vase would have to be after that (some of the other listings of copies of this vase said late 1800's which I'm assuming is wrong). The vase is on the large side 16 inches high, although nowhere near the 40 inches high of the lamp. It is unmarked except for perhaps a decorator's mark on the unglazed base. Here are the pics of the vase: [ATTACH=full]267495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]267501[/ATTACH] Any idea where this is from?[/QUOTE]
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