Topic: LR label Slovak glass?

[bOBA]

Hello!

I have this vase that looks very Czech in terms of design. It has a flat polished base. The LR label is confusing, having tracked the only "LR" labels discussed on GMB, I though it may have been by Slovak glass company Rona LR Crystal, Lednicke Rovne, LR. Their labels on GMB tend to have been black and silver though with a different sign. Any help or advice appreciated,

bOBA

[obscurities]

I do not know what it is, but I had to comment that I really like it.

Craig

[Sklounion]

As it says on the label, Lednicke Rovne, the Slovak glass company, whose most significant designer was Jozef Taraba. Taraba joined the company in 1957, working alongside Karel Holosko. (former designer at Cristallerias Rigolleau, then director-designer of LR 1947- ) Taraba designed for LR for a very long period, I believe, only retiring in the late 1990s.
M

[Sklounion]

oops, in too much of a hurry, it is of course Jaroslav Taraba, born 1932.

[bOBA]

Thank you Marcus,
I am glad you recognise the label. I will post it to the GMB gallery label files!

bOBA

[Jindra8526]

Hi Marcus,
ist this really Taraba s design? Was in LR produced this "hutnicke sklo"?  Becouse I am not able to browse all resources I would like to please you for help.
Can you point me please to some research resources where I can find more about free hand glass production at Slovakia?

I have very recenly found that free hand glass of "Chribska" type from crystal had been produced also in Chlum u Trebone (looks a little bit like Daum from 50ties), now LR, so seems to me that I must enhance my scope for more plants. Why things cannot remain simple...

Thank you

Jindrich

[Sklounion]

Hi,
Yes,
absolutely certain this piece is from LR, and they made a lot of it. Have had other labelled pieces myself, and I believe last time I looked, a highly-respected German dealer had pieces available. (www.glaskilian.de) LR's production of this off-hand glass led to the privatised company holding glass symposia in the post-communist era. If I recall correctly, there was a major retrospective of Taraba's work, held in Bratislava, at some point in the last 10 years.

You will find some material in CGR (Czechoslovak Glass Review).

see also:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,24342.msg135741.html#msg135741
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,7927.msg66920.html#msg66920

Why things cannot remain simple...

That's simple, you are in the EU now... :24: :24:

M

[Jindra8526]

Thank you Marcus,
I do not know why but I have Taraba s name bounded with wine glasses only. It is probably result of traditional Czech underestimationg of anything Slovakian. :-)

(we are in EU for 5 years only, but still we have not the right Brusel s feeling for the straightenes of bananas)

Jindrich

[Lustrousstone]

It's OK they've given up on  bananas being straight now; they're allowed to be banana shaped  :24: :24: