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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Austria => Topic started by: retro-mental on November 14, 2010, 04:45:26 PM

Title: Is this a swedish glass vase ID = Zelezny Brod
Post by: retro-mental on November 14, 2010, 04:45:26 PM
Hi

Not a charity shop this time but a boot fair !!!! This is a chuncky 10 inch tall purpleish coloured glass vase with a flat polished base. This vase has the remnants of a small round paper sticker. To me it looks very swedish in shape and reminds me of some orrefors pieces but the colour looks to be more like something stromburg would produce

Many thanks for any info
Lewis
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: glassobsessed on November 14, 2010, 04:55:56 PM
It might be Czech, possibly ZBS (Zelezny Brod), the colour is not what I would expect but that does not mean a lot....

Is it round?

John
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: retro-mental on November 14, 2010, 05:09:16 PM
Hi

Its a round base with an oval body that has raised bits front and back, Heres a photo that may help
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: Paul S. on November 14, 2010, 05:25:19 PM
are you able to show a picture of the remnant of the label - or is it literally too far gone? - and without any markings.
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: retro-mental on November 14, 2010, 05:29:33 PM
on the first pictures i uploaded you can see it but it is just literally the sticky paper backing
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: jonchellycain on November 14, 2010, 05:31:20 PM
Looks czech to me, likely ZBS (Zelezny Brod) as John said
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: Greg. on November 14, 2010, 05:37:26 PM
ZBS was my first thought too, however, also have slight reservations about the colour.
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: Anik R on November 14, 2010, 06:16:51 PM
I believe ZBS did use a purplish-brown colour... see Jindrich's photos of the ZBS exhibition, particularly this picture:  http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/MuseumZeleznyBrod2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCP32qaus7sLMqAE#5437028564751440002
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: Jindra8526 on November 14, 2010, 09:58:39 PM
Anik is true, as usual

Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskoslovenskesko
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: astrid on November 15, 2010, 09:26:41 PM
A few months ago I purchased on a flea market two vases, and ashtray and something small and round that could be a very small vase in this particular colour. No wear at all at the base, but they looked so ZBS - Klinger in design that I didn't even bother to research them as anything else. My take was that they were ZBS vases, designed by either Klinger or someone following similar designs, but produced fairly recently, and that this colour was one of their more recent additions.

Astrid

Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: retro-mental on November 16, 2010, 11:25:41 AM
Astrid this is looking more and more promising. colours right and you have 2 pieces with a similar shape. What about the sticker / does zbs use stickers ?

Thanks
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: glassobsessed on November 16, 2010, 12:22:18 PM
I don't think there is much doubt that your vase was made by Zelezny Brod.

At the bottom of this page are two of the labels that were used (there will have been others): http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/thumbnails.php?album=534&page=2

John
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: linb on November 16, 2010, 04:25:16 PM
I've got 3rd vase down,bought about 18 months ago but with quite a lot of age wear and came into the charity shop I work at with a Whitefriars cucumber vase and Aseda vase.That made me think it was 60's.Does anyone know how long they've been making them? TIA
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: astrid on November 16, 2010, 06:02:41 PM
I agree that we can safely put this down as ZBS. According to Mark Hill in his book Hi Sklo, Low Sklo,  Klinger designed for ZBS from 1948 onwards to 1982, many of his vases were produced for decades, and that his designs are hard to date because of that. If someone happens to know whether this particular colour was introduced at a certain time, we can put the date after that, but other than that, I have no clue.

Astrid
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: Jindra8526 on November 18, 2010, 08:17:58 AM
Much worse Astrid, the Klinger's design had been produced also in 90ties and on beginning our century.
Recent pieces used sam logo as old ZBS but instead obf Made in Cyechoslovakia in printed Made in Czech republic - it is the sign that piece could not be manufactured before 1993.

Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskoslovenskesklo
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: astrid on November 18, 2010, 12:23:53 PM
Yes, I assumed that they kept producing the Klinger designs after 1982 as well. Apart from the difference in label, I have the feeling that with some colours you can distinguish between the older and the newer pieces (for instance later pink pieces are more intensely coloured than early ones).

Is there any knowledge available about which designs and which colours were produced in the earlier periods, but not in the later ones?

Astrid
Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: retro-mental on November 18, 2010, 01:49:04 PM
Thanks for everyones help to identify this piece . Is it frowned upon to ask if there would be any interest in buying this piece ? If it is then sorry, new to this forum stuff but cheers anyway

Title: Re: Is this a swedish glass vase
Post by: astrid on November 18, 2010, 06:27:29 PM
There is a different forum here dedicated to buying and selling, Glass Market Place. You can link there to an auction or post it for sale.

Don't expect too much, however. There are people who'll buy ZBS, but the prices aren't particularly high because there is so much of it.