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Author Topic: Czech crystal vase, and another label to identify? - ID = Bohemia Poděbrady  (Read 4462 times)

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Offline astrid

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Measurements: 25.5 cm high, 9 cm wide at the rim and 6.5 at the base. It weighs about 1400 grams.

The label looks a bit like the Novy Bor label in Mark Hill's book, but in dark blue and silver. Any more info on when and where this label was used?

I guess it's cut crystal, I like the design and if we can identify more about where/when/maker, I'd be happy.

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Re: Czech crystal vase, and another label to identify?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 04:36:45 PM »
Bohemia Poděbrady, more about this factory here:
http://picasaweb.google.cz/Jindra8526/BOHEMIA1984?authkey=Gv1sRgCOzExPCkh6__jwE#

I guess that this vase has been designed by Josef Pravec
http://picasaweb.google.cz/Jindra8526/JosefPravecGlasrevue?authkey=Gv1sRgCKrop7yQ6Yv6HQ#

Generaly it is not the best way to follow labels, it will not help us too much in identifiing factory, date and never designer.

Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskoslovenskesklo

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Re: Czech crystal vase, and another label to identify?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2010, 06:54:14 AM »
Thanks so much, Jindrich. With you around, I guess I don't need that many labels, and I certainly hope to learn much from you so I can start identifying by other means. And it's great that my vase is probably by Pravec. I like what I've seen of his not-too-ornate cut glass designs. Hope I can find a few more.

I might have another vase in my collection that would fit those ideas of relatively simple cutting. I've attached it to check if my way of thinking fits - can you see whether this could be by the same maker/factory? If not, I can make it into a seperate post.

I've tried to find out more about Josef Pravec - it seems he was active a long time, do you know if he mostly worked for Podebrady, or that he has worked for other factories as well?

The reason I still want to know about labels as much as possible is that for a beginner like me, sometimes they do narrow down the search a bit, if they were mostly used in a certain period (even if that was a 20 year stretch), and mostly in a certain area or by a certain factory. Do you know whether this particular label was used by more factories than Podebrady? And I guess the time period could be anywhere from 1950 to 1993?
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