ANTIQUEHAVEN

Many years ago, I purchased the following vase at a local auction. The auctioneer did not know who made the piece, but, correctly stated that he thought it was European. The piece has 3 marks, two of which are hard to read. After repeated efforts to identify the maker, the closest I could come was to think that it was made by a student at The Imperial Technical School for Ceramics & Associated Applied Arts in Austria. This was a stretch though and I put it away until I one day would find the rosetta stone to unlock the mystery. Today I found it !!! While researching a piece for my upcoming January 10th, 2010 auction, I discovered that my art nouveau acorn vase was made by Bernhard Bloch in Bohemia in the 1890's. One of the difficult to read marks is actually the BB mark of Bloch's factory. The mold number is consistent with other pieces I've found. Discovery at last. It's a beautiful vase. I dont collect, but, I'm tempted to keep it a while longer.....or it coul...