Jefferson Opalescent Vases 4 - ID Guide - Whimsey Vases

This is Part4 of an8-part guide on Jefferson's opalescent vases. This guide was made possible by the many E-Bayers who contributed photographs to the project. Sellers should feel free to link listings to this guide.Opalescent Vase Identification Guide:Jefferson Glass Company, Part 4: Whimsey Vasesby curculiosglass A blue opalescent Tokyo whimsey vase,made by Jefferson Glass, circa 1904photos by curculiosglassINTRODUCTIONThis is Part4 of our eight-part guide on opalescent vases made by the Jefferson Glass Company of Steubenville Ohio from 1900-1906. Part 1 of this guide provides a history of the Jefferson Glass Company and general information about Jefferson's opalescent glass. Part 2and Part 3 featuresix conventionally-shaped Jefferson vases.Part 5and Part 6are dedicated to Jefferson's opalescent novelty and footed vases. Part 7and Part 8focus on Jefferson striped and bulbous vases. This section of our guidefeatures Jefferson's "whimsey vases". Most opalescent Jefferson vases, such as those shown in other parts of this guide,were made from vase molds. By contrast, a whimsey vase is stretched and shaped from glass poured into a mold meant for a different piece such as a bowl, dish or spooner. Thus whimsey vases are unusually interesting and tend to show marked variety from vase to vase. Traditionally, whimseys are thought of as pieces that the individual glassworker made for himself as a display of his special skill or inventiveness, and which he intended to slip home with at the end of the day. Some whimsey shapes, however, became so popular that they went into limited production -- the Tokyo vase shown here for example, wasmarketedby Jefferson in three colors.Whimsey vases are at times difficult to identify, becausethe stretching of the glass often distorted the pattern. Two more whimsey vases are shown below: Iris with Meander, and Tokyo. One Jefferson Part 3 of this guide also shows a third Jefferson vase whimsey: Jefferson's Twister vase. Photographic Guide to Jefferson Whimsey VasesTokyo pattern, as shown inMarch, 1905 China, Glass

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