Retro Art Glass: A HUGE Vintage Blenko blue thin neck
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Designed in 1965, Blenko Art Glass part no. 6515
Beautiful and rare Blenko blue thin necked bottle vase. Designed by Joel Philip Myers in1964. Made for only 1 year.
Fat ovoid bottle with thin neck and widely flared collar. Shown in Blenko's 1965 catalog. This item was made for one year only. Scarce today.
Weighs 4.5 lbs, measures 13.5' tall, 9' wide with a girth of 26'. It's a very large bottle. See image #6: this bottle sits next to a green Blenko Giant and a 5' Blenko rocks flip glass, to help show size.
It's in excellent condition with heavy bottom-wear (bottom wear accumulates where the base of the glass meets the surface it is sitting on, and is expected on old glass). Previous owner put water inside (never a good idea, especially when the opening is so small). Luckily, there are no calcium stains. It is not water damaged. But, since it is impossible to hand-dry the inside of this bottle, you can see some drip shadows (from drip drying upside-down) if you look closely. Suprisingly, the glass is very clean inside.
4' wide flat collar is tilted slightly on purpose. Looks awesome with dried grasses.
Blenko glass is known for it's big, thick heavy glass with some air bubbles and straw marks.
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