Blue Glass Vase

BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947

BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947

BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947

BLENKO VINTAGE GLASS CRACKLE VASE (also known as ICE EFFECT GLASS) WAS FIRST MADE BY BLENKO IN APPROXIMATELY 1947. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE HAS A COBALT BLUE RIGAREE HAND APPLIED LIQUID GLASS EMBELLISHMENT AROUND THE NECK OF THE VASE. APPLICATION OF THIS RIGAREE TRIM IS LABOR INTENSIVE AS IT REQUIRES A VERY EXPERIENCED HAND AS IT IS THE LAST THING TO BE ADDED TO A PIECE AND IF NOT DONE PROPERLY CAN RUIN THE WHOLE PIECE AND MAKE IT NECESSARY TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

ALL HANDMADE AT THE BLENKO PLANT IN MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA. A MAGNIFICENT RARE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR HANDBLOWN ART GLASS COLLECTION.

LIKE SO MANY OF BLENKO'S PIECES, THIS IS A HEAVY PIECE AND WEIGHS ALMOST 3 lbs.
BLENKO RARE HANDBLOWN 6-1/2 VASE withCOBALT BLUE RIGAREE c. 1947