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Title: Vase
Post by: heatherrose on September 16, 2009, 10:33:40 AM: Hi!

My grandfather has this vase, he wanted to learn more about it incase he shouldn't get rid of it. He said it's at least from the 1920's, and has a mark on the bottom (pictured). He (and the vase) originate from the Maritimes here in Canada if that helps.

(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/heathermarierose/vase1.jpg)
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/heathermarierose/vase2.jpg)
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/heathermarierose/vase3.jpg)
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/heathermarierose/vase4.jpg)
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/heathermarierose/vase5.jpg)

Thanks for any insight you may offer...
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: syl on September 16, 2009, 10:43:43 AM: That's a beautiful vase. Don't give it away. I,m sure someone here can identify it.
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Post by: KC on September 16, 2009, 10:57:27 AM: What an extremely beautiful piece.....have to think on this one.
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Post by: D&b antiques on September 16, 2009, 02:52:50 PM: Can you confirm the bottom letters being. FMG or FMC. ?
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: regularjoe2 on September 16, 2009, 03:04:36 PM: My 2 cents worth of a guess is :

Faience Manufacturing Co. , Brooklyn , NY (per the FNG)-whoops -typo (per the FMC) .

Nice Majolica vase & maybe would be a good thing to pass down the line to family members .
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: heatherrose on September 16, 2009, 08:55:32 PM: Thanks for your input so far! I have confirmed it is FMC.
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Post by: D&b antiques on September 17, 2009, 09:12:03 AM: Thank you Cogar. Heather I suggest your grand father was right. the little numbers at the bottom are catalog numbers from the company they suggest it was made prior to circa 1885.

Auction value's are showing. $3,000.00 +
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: sapphire on September 17, 2009, 03:09:31 PM: D&b, you aware of any online information on this company that would show some of their work? The make and the form of the roses on this vase bare a striking resemblance to that of a mirror frame that hung in my mother's home. She was the second generation to own it and were she still alive she would be 101 now. Sadly, she threw it out as some bits were broken off.
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Post by: talesofthesevenseas on September 17, 2009, 04:08:13 PM: What a beauty!! Here is an article on the Faience Manufacturing Company, which was in business only from 1881 - 1892:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_160/ai_76781094/ (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_160/ai_76781094/)
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: D&b antiques on September 17, 2009, 04:15:52 PM: Thank you Tales. notice they also sold to Tiffany's.
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Post by: regularjoe2 on September 17, 2009, 04:21:26 PM: This is the third one of these I've seen (the others in person) in 40+ years .
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Post by: heatherrose on September 17, 2009, 08:25:25 PM: Wow, thanks everyone for your expertise....It's very appreciated...

Can I ask, D&B antiques, where you get these values from? I looked on E-bay but didn't find much. Thanks!
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: regularjoe2 on September 17, 2009, 10:13:49 PM: These survivors are rather rare birds , heatherrose .
E-bay wouldn't be a great source of info for ones like these .
On-line resources are also somewhat incomplete ...

You can trust D&b's price assessment .

Now you can say you've had an "Antiques Roadshow MOMENT" , courtesy of your curiosity & the great members of this forum .

I'm happy for you folks .
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on September 17, 2009, 11:29:14 PM: Now comes the part where we lean across the table and say "...And how much did your dear grandfather pay for it back in 1925?"

*quick guys, get the TV camera's rolling, bring the Kleenex!! She's tearing up!!!!*
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: KC on September 18, 2009, 10:07:27 AM: The suspense of this tv show is killing me! LOL
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Post by: heatherrose on September 18, 2009, 05:52:39 PM: Good to know...I was just genuinely curious as to where he got 'em.

I have found some more info out:

It was purchased in Boston, Mass by my great uncle's parents and given to my grandparents recently... it could have been purchased in an antique shop in the beginning and been 30-40 years old already. So it all makes a lot of sense. I was wondering how something from the states would have gotten all the way up here :)

Thank you all so much!

-Heather
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: D&b antiques on September 18, 2009, 06:50:08 PM: Heather canada's standard is 50 years, for antiques. here in the states the standard practice is 100 years.
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Post by: KC on September 18, 2009, 10:29:38 PM: So....if we move to Canada we are considered antiques?
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Post by: ironlord1963 on September 18, 2009, 10:42:10 PM: LOL, I'm still vintage for a few years :D
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Post by: KC on September 18, 2009, 10:43:45 PM: Young whipper-snapper! :P
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Post by: sapphire on September 19, 2009, 03:54:19 AM: Quote from: heatherrose on September 18, 2009, 05:52:39 PM
Good to know...I was just genuinely curious as to where he got 'em.

I have found some more info out:

It was purchased in Boston, Mass by my great uncle's parents and given to my grandparents recently... it could have been purchased in an antique shop in the beginning and been 30-40 years old already. So it all makes a lot of sense. I was wondering how something from the states would have gotten all the way up here :)

Thank you all so much!

-Heather
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Heather, there had always been a lot of travel between Mass., particularly Boston and the Maritimes.......mos tly NS and PEI. Many people this way went there to work in the early 1900's and consequently there are now many 'extended' families. Besides, it's close and it's beautiful. ;) (Maritimer here :) )
Title: Re: Vase
Post by: KC on September 19, 2009, 09:22:19 AM: heather, my family has lots of friends that their families originated from Canada living here in the southern US. So....it is not so unheard of that people traversed the countries, carrying their valuables with them. I have the dish that my great, great, great grandmother carried in her lap, wrapped in rags and in a hat box, on a ship to start a new life in North America. Not worth a whole lot financially, but is the most expensive piece I own sentimentally.