1806962

Bischoff "Controlled Bubble" Figure 8 Shaped #1806962

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Bischoff  Controlled Bubble  Figure 8 Shaped #1806962
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This vase is a must-have for the modern art glass collector! It is a tall, substantial, and controlled "bubble within the glass" piece.</em></td>
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This vase was made by the Bischoff Glass Company of Culloden, West Virginia, in the 1940s. With its "controlled bubble" design, has been influenced by Carl Erickson's techniques. (See Item GL-140107 for a matching console bowl.) Bischoff Glass was in business from 1922 to 1963. In 1963, the company was sold Lancaster Colony Glass Company.<p>

This vase first began life as a tall, substantial, and controlled "bubble within the glass" work of art. Then the glass blower pinched its top into an asymmetrical figure 8! The top of the vase then vies with the "normal" bottom for the viewer's perception.<p>

This is part of the magic of this technique of making glass. Not only is it of fine, heavy quality with the signature controlled bubbles--here, stretched within the walls of the vase as the design expands--but it skews one's expectations further by its apparent misshapenness. Upon further inspection, the misshapenness begins to create its own sense and inducts the viewer into the world of the artist's perception. Such is the work of successful art.<p>

The vase varies between 8 and 8 1/4 inches in height according to the rise and fall of the pinching. It is 6 1/2 inches across the top and 4 1/2 inches across the bottom. Minimal wear on the bottom attests to age and authenticity. This vase is in excellent condition!<p>

This piece is unmarked and I still am researching the maker. I believe that it is West Virginia glass.<p>

The glass is a light yellow-green color. Pictures show the ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1940s-1950s</td></tr>

<tr><td>Maker:Bischoff</td></tr>




<tr><td>Title:Bischoff "Controlled Bubble" Figure 8 Shaped</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Bischoff Glass</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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