I bought a few crocus vases recently (3 on the right) and wanted to compare crocus vase shapes. Left to right, a common crocus vase shape. I have 10 of these vases. A slightly larger vase, I have 4 of these. Cranberry glassroots crocus vase, similar to the glassroots hyacinth vase. Clear vase, similar to the glassroots but lighter and thinner glass. Uranium acorn? vase. I just bought it on ebay so have not tried it with a crocus bulb but it seems smaller than even the other small vases so maybe for acorns.
no sooner than I took the photo above, I found a few more vases in the cellar, the black vase in the centre is by Haven Pottery (see label below), the engraved amber vase on the left I have used in past years for crocus forcing, the Dartington vase next, not sure I've used or not - must organise the crocus forcing better so I have all the vases organised and ready at the right time in August / September when I have crocus bulbs to start
The Haven Pottery crocus vase label on the base, I think I bought this in the past year but forgot about it and didn't use it for a crocus bulb this year, will try to next year
polished pontil mark on the base of the engraved amber vase
I also bought the cranberry vase below with "prong" trailing and other vases for size comparison.
all my previous crocus vases
I have never seen clear versions of these hyacinth vases. I was wondering their vintage. They don't seem to be very modern. Cobalt blue vase to the right for comparison.
