XXRARE 3 Midwestern type Exp.Rib Vases- Specimen 2 of 3

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XXRARE 3 Midwestern type Exp.Rib Vases- Specimen 2 of 3

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Sold Date: 06/30/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass

Ribbed Vase #2

This is the 2nd specimen of 3 (unrecorded form) Midwestern type vases. Found at an antique show in the 1980's. Measures 8 1/2". Pretty much identical to 31 but wider in the body and a shade deeper than #1

Just as #1 ....unusual 40 rib ' right swirl '.. ( more like Pitkin type flask ribbing ). It appears that the gather was inserted into a 40 rib dip mold, withdrawn and further expanded, shaped out and completed in the desired pincered ' flat--- to~~waved mouth '

And also as #1.....Glass tipped pontil. Good base wear and again....the same unusual shoulder iridescence visible in reflected light possibly caused by furnace flashover of ambient gases?

Infolded rim

Glass color ranges from deep orange- amber at base to radiant glowing golden amber in main body. This specimen #2 is very close to specimen #1 ,but is somewhat darker in color and more wide in the body.

The photos say it better than I can.

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I have listed all 3 vases at the same time....

So that the bidder/collector will be able to choose any or all three variants at the same time without wondering if more will show up later. These 3 are all I've ever seen in 35 years of intense collecting,viewing and handling over 1/2 million glass items. I have also used as a reference McKearin's 200 Years of American Blown Glass.

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Also..I have a huge collection of Mexican/Spanish/Mediterranean glass from the 20th Century that I've been gathering for over 35 years which has allowed me to do close side by side comparisions against these vases and other glass... and have concluded that the vases being offered are unrecorded American Midwestern.

That neatly folded rim is especially relevent and like the early midwestern specimens of Mantua and Kent in Ohio

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