Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE OUR AUCTIONS AT ANY TIME. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, BID ON IT OR MAKE AN OFFER AS THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN WE DO CLOSE AN AUCTION EARLY. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO OR DO NOT INTEND TO PAY!!! PAYMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS PLEASE...
THIS AMAZING HAND BLOWN BLUE CRACKLE VASE HAS A STUNNING ACID ETCHED RING AROUND IT WITH A THICK BASE AND DEEP BLUE RIM. THE VASE MEASURES 11cm TALL AND IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS (AS STRANGE AS THAT SOUNDS). THIS IS TRULY A STUNNING AND VERY UNUSUAL VASE.
CRACKLE GLASS IS ALSO KNOWN AS CRAQUELLE GLASS, OVERSHOT GLASS, AND ICE GLASS. VENETIAN GLASS MAKERS OF THE 16TH CENTURY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE INVENTED THE PROCESS. SUBMERSING A HOT PIECE OF GLASS INTO COLD WATER FORMS CRACKLE GLASS. THIS PROCESS CAUSES FINE CRACKS TO FORM OVER THE SURFACE. THE GLASS IS THEN REHEATED IN ORDER TO SMOOTH THE SURFACE AND SEAL THE CRACKS. CRACKLING DOES NOT AFFECT THE SHAPE OR COLOUR OF THE PIECE.
LINK: en.wikicollecting.org/crackle-glass
PLEASE VIEW THE PICS VERY CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE GENERAL CONDITION. STANDARD POSTAGE AND PACKAGING WILL BE R 50.00 COUNTER TO COUNTER OR PLEASE COLLECT IN EDENVALE AT NO CHARGE! IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO WRAP YOUR ITEM FOR COLLECTION PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CHARGE R 35.00 OR PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PACKAGING. KINDLY ARRANGE THE CORRECT CHANGE IF YOU ARE COLLECTING. WE DO NOT KEEP CHANGE.
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