Tall Amethyst Glass Bud Vase Swollen Foot Slim Neck Flared Rim Purple Glass

Description

View Tall Amethyst Glass Bud Vase Swollen Foot Slim Neck Flared Rim Purple Glass with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The purple is deepest at the base and almost clear at the top. It also explains why the proportions work. A slim column of uniform pale purple would be dull. The weight of colour in the foot anchors it visually, exactly where the vase needs physical weight to stand up with a flower in it. A tall bud vase in amethyst glass: a swollen foot drawn up into a long slim neck, opening to a flared rim. The purple is deepest at the base and almost clear at the top. That gradient is not decoration, it is the shape telling you how thick the glass is. Amethyst colour comes from manganese dissolved in the batch, and the intensity you see depends entirely on how much glass the light passes through. The foot is thick, so it reads as deep plum. The neck was stretched thin, so the same glass reads as pale lilac. One material, one colouring agent, no painting, and the form generates the colour. It also explains why the proportions work. A slim column of uniform pale purple would be dull. The weight of colour in the foot anchors it visually, exactly where the vase needs physical weight to stand up with a flower in it. A single stem is what this is for, which is the point of a bud vase. The narrow neck holds one stem upright with no arranging at all, which is why they were on every side table and hall stand for a century. Condition: No chips or cracks found on the rim, neck or foot. Glass is clear of cloudiness and interior etching. Colour is even. Base is smooth. Measured against a tape in the photographs. Ships flat rate from Baltimore via FedEx, out the door within the stated handling time. I price shipping by size rather than by scale, since I work from photographs rather than a shipping scale. Combined shipping on multiple items. Returns accepted for 30 days. Ten percent of every sale goes to a nonprofit providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Packaging is reused. Boxes and padding come from what already passed through here, so the parcel will not look new but it will arrive intact. Nothing extra is included: no cards, no plastic sleeves, no filler. I teach for a living. Sorting and researching these pieces is how I learn, and selling is what makes room for the next batch. If you know more about this one than I do, tell me. Corrections are welcome and I will update the listing. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Decorative Collectibles › Vases. Brand: Unmarked.

Type

Vase

Brand

Unmarked

Material

Glass

Color

Purple

Style

Mid-Century Modern

Features

Hand Blown