Identifying Your Antique Glass Vase

Many people have enjoyed the hobby of collecting antique vase, and antique glass vase is a kind that is favored by many people. However, the most important thing in collect the antique vase is knowledge of the vase and knowing how to identify the vase, and the last thing you will want to do is start collecting the vase. You might not want to end up paying some huge amount of money for the reproductions. Therefore, it is important to be able to identify the antique glass vase you are planning to purchase. The first thing you might want to do is get to know the price range of the vase you are thinking of collecting, and be wary of all parts of the item especially those cannot be picked up easily by the naked eyes, and then ensure that you have your items shipped to you covered with insurance, and lastly you might want to shop with someone who have the knowledge of the vase that you are purchasing.

Now you are going for the antique glass vase, so how can you identify the vase with so many sizes, colors, designs and styles? In fact, the glasses used for each vase and the technique used to product the vase might also vary from vase to vase. Therefore, in order to identify the genuine of the antique glass vase, it is important to include the factors like the thickness, design, and markings in your consideration.

They are many types of antique glass vases, such as the carnival glass vases with metallic coating from the 20^th century, the Depression-era glass vases with some see through low quality colored glass that fake tended to be heavier, the deep blue antique hand blown glass vases that is blown in a single piece coming from late 1700s New England, and last but not least the milk glass antique vase with a long curvy “K” signature from the McKee company that produced the vase. One of the most popular among all can be said to be the Carnival Glass Vases. In which, the antique Carnival Glass Vases tend to be thicker than the reproduced, and its colorful iridescence is tended to be more evenly distributed throughout the whole vase than the reproduced as well.

Anyways, other than knowing the trends and identifying the antique glass vase by it types, the antique vase can also be identified by its signature mark and traits of the glass from the vase itself. Generally, the signature marks from the antique vases are tended to be faint and not easy to identify. In fact, with the marks, we will be able to identify the history behind the producer and even the history of the vase itself. Secondary, the scratches and traits on the glass can also tell you the age of the vase, which the older the glass the more scrapes line there is at the bottom of the vase. Furthermore, if the dip at the bottom of the glass had been polished, then it can be proven that the vase was indeed hand blown rather than being produced by machine.