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Title: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 25, 2012, 03:31:19 AM
Found this today and must say that I am not used to seeing these pieces in a monochromatic color scheme. Quite a small example at about 3 inches, but quite an interesting little vase.... Smooth clear exterior, textured interior.  Original paper/foil label still attached.

Craig
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 25, 2012, 02:53:34 PM
I would add that although the piece looks to have small specks of color, that is merely a color shift occuring from the internal bubbles picking something up. It is a frothy off white piece with no color specs.

Craig
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 25, 2012, 02:56:24 PM
Is that an early label?
All my Beranek labels have a ram's head logo on them - but all my Beranek is fairly new.
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: bOBA on March 25, 2012, 03:06:56 PM
I am sure Craig is confident it is early "antique" style Beranek, circa 1945. I have a couple of pieces in this type of glass and they are quite scarce, they are basically cased in clear, a lovely piece,

Robert (bOBA)
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 25, 2012, 03:56:20 PM
Thanks Robert.....  I was hoping you would confirm.....  Age was more of what I was wondering about.....  It is quite different from other pieces of theirs I have seen and held.... especially with the clear casing and smooth outer surface.....  but it is unmistakably Beranek in decor and form....... The label was a real bonus......   I am thrilled to have found it....  Actually my better half Peggy, noticed it sitting behind something in an Antique mall we went to yesterday......  Priced reasonably at $24......
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 25, 2012, 03:58:44 PM
Could a mod Please correct the spelling in the title.... I was apparently more tired than I realized....  :-(
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 25, 2012, 04:07:52 PM
It looks as if it's Pulegoso?
Quite an exciting piece for '45-ish - it's clearly another important precursor to the "Studio Glass Movement" style of individually made, hot-worked pieces.
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: bOBA on March 25, 2012, 04:13:07 PM
Hi Craig,
yes you don't see many of this type of glass outside of the Czech Republic, it seems to have not been exported a great deal, though obviously yours made it! Your other half did a really good spot for you there! It is not typical Beranek pulegoso style glass with the rough surface, it is cased in clear. The quality is pretty impressive isn't it? I think they just made this type of glass whenever the resources were found to achieve it in a given month, when some good metal or fuel, higher temperatures,  allowed a different kind of glassmaking for a few weeks, using the exact same patterns.

Robert (bOBA) 
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 25, 2012, 07:34:08 PM
Sue,
It is Pulegoso, but different for Beranek in that their pieces are generally not clear cased and have a textured exterior..... this one has a textured interior and a smooth clear cased exterior. Also has a nicely ground pontil mark.

Robert, 
The clear cased exterior threw me off for a moment, until I turned it around and saw the label.  The shape is really distinctive also, and was the first thing that led me in that direction.  The quality of the piece is very good, especially understanding the circumstances under which they were producing this type of glass....  It is my first piece of Beranek, and I am quite thrilled with it.... It is actually the only piece of theirs I can think of that I have ever seen or held with a smooth cased exterior.....   It appears to be a good one....  :-)
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: langhaugh on March 26, 2012, 05:13:24 AM
Craig,

I knew I should have gone down to Seattle last week. Good find. The label is occasionally found in North America. I think I've got it on a more conventional Beranek 1946 designed piece.  Yours would have to have been imported after WWII, for obvious reasons, although I'm not sure when it was designed. Is it the same as my label?

David
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Baranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: obscurities on March 26, 2012, 12:38:48 PM
Hi David, Yes the label is the same as yours. I believe it is also designed in 1946 and is design number 4691.  I was provided a link to some line art drawings indicating that was the design number. Robert is going to confirm that, but he thought it looked right. It is apparently also a label that was not really used after 1950 on Beranek pieces.

Craig
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: Mac on March 28, 2012, 10:41:19 AM
Craig and all - I found this Beranek recently at a local picker's market. The beauty, especially in sunlight, of this piece is quite something.

Mac
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: rocco on March 29, 2012, 06:13:32 PM
Mac, that is a great colour -- I have two of those, the smaller one (https://picasaweb.google.com/107330317087089352634/Czech?authkey=Gv1sRgCPCtsYSivPC5Dg#5684856743592646562) is white, while the larger one (https://picasaweb.google.com/107330317087089352634/Czech?authkey=Gv1sRgCPCtsYSivPC5Dg#5627383887995136994) has a hint of turquoise, but nothing compared to yours...

Michael
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: langhaugh on March 29, 2012, 06:22:36 PM
Nice find. It's a stronger green than any other one I've seen. Where about in Canada are you, Mac?

David
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: Mac on March 29, 2012, 06:27:59 PM
Thanks guys. David, I live in Toronto.
Mac
Title: Re: Second Show and Tell - A Monochromatic Beranek Vase with Original Label
Post by: langhaugh on March 29, 2012, 06:41:18 PM
Mac,

Thanks. I was asking as most of the pieces I've seen in Canada were in Quebec or BC. Good to know the're in Ontario, too.

David