Quezal Glass
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The Quezal company , name after a south American bird noted for its gorgeous iridescent plumage , was established to produce iridescent glass in the Tiffany style, and its finest pieces are of comparable quality and price.
As former Tiffany employees , Thomas Johnson and Martin Bach
were familiar with the company’s decorating techniques and glass recipes .
They made no attempt at technical or design innovations ,
and Quezals range of vases, bowls. And lampshades were unashamed imitations of Tiffanys Favrile art glass.
Forms included the famous jack-in –the-pulpit shape and
other flower inspired designs.
The decoration was more regular than that on Tiffany pieces,
with an emphasis on pulled-feather decoration that created distinctive
patterns.
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Under courted blue or purple pieces are rare.
The superb technical quality of Quezal glass more than compensated for the lack of
originality found in the Tiffany pieces, and Quezal glass became a serious
rival.
However Quezals fortunes were dependent on the fashion for
iridescent glass, and when it fell out of favour, in the 1930s, the firm
struggled, and production switched to lamp shades.
The high quality of Quezal glass made it popular, from 1902,
most pieces were marked with an engraved name.
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Quezal glass made in
1901 was unmarked, and some of these pieces have been given suspicious Tiffany
signatures.
Prices are high at the moment in 2013, listed below are if
you examples of what you may have to expect to pay if you want to acquire one
of these exquisite pieces of glass.
A 1902 to 1920 Luster
art lampshade marked [Luster art] will set you back $200 $300.
1902 to 1920 squat vase $450 $700.
1902 two 1920 footed glass compote with flat rim iridescent
green to blue $600 $800.
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My vase looks like Quezal glass and has no silver. It is marked with 3 straight lines horizonily, then what looks like the point of an arrow at the end of the 3 lines, then '99. Can you tell me anything about the mark or the glass
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