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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: Sue C on December 16, 2006, 03:57:28 PM

Title: Ann Warff
Post by: Sue C on December 16, 2006, 03:57:28 PM
Did Ann Warff get her inspiration for her snowball range from an earlier paperweight by Kosta? ( Millers glass buyers guide, page 228, year 2002) it just that they look very similar, or has it been wrongly attributed?.
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: Max on December 16, 2006, 04:40:41 PM
I see what you mean Sue. That paperweight (if it's not a candleholder in the photo) seems to be from Sweetbriar Gallery (SWB) so you could maybe email them?  Unless someone here has the information?   :)
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: a40ty on January 08, 2007, 10:59:06 AM
Good morning. You probably know this, but just in case, Snowball first came into production in 1973.
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: Sklounion on January 13, 2007, 08:57:05 AM
Is the item in the book you refer to, smooth or textured?
These are very similar to a candle-holder and paper-weight, from Skrdlovice.
Pattern numbers 7048.18  and 7048.14. These appeared in 1970, and were designed by
Frantisek Vizner.
Possible source of inspiration?
Regards,
Marcus
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: Sue C on January 13, 2007, 12:26:57 PM
Hi Marcus, the book is the glass buyers guide, 2002, page 228, the paperweight is textured, it is not a candle holder, the description given is £ Kosta paperweight, Sweden, signed, post ww11, 3in, but it does'nt say signed by who?  even in 2002 most glass collectors knew about Ann Warff, so why didn't they make the connection if they proport to be experts? also when they state signed, why not state who signed it? was it an earlier designer? or is it Anne Warff ? was she inspired by an earlier artisan ?.
Having read the book again, i am doubious as to a lot of the attributions, i know the book is five years old, but as a guide book surely including who signed a piece is fundamental as a research point for glass collectors?.
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: Frank on January 13, 2007, 03:35:02 PM
That was sourced from Sweetbriar gallery, why not ask them to clarify. We are still in the Post WW2 period. They do have another listed as Warf here http://www.sweetbriar.co.uk/weightlist.php?maker=Miscellaneous
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: Sue C on January 13, 2007, 03:39:20 PM
Thank's Frank, i did email before but didn't get an answer :-\ but will try again.
Title: Re: Ann Warff
Post by: aa on January 13, 2007, 10:54:25 PM
A bit of glassmakers' folklore: I remember Charlie Meaker commenting, around about 1982, that an an example of good design was the fact that around ten years earlier, Ann Warff had picked up some snow and fashioned it into a snowball, put her thumbs inside it, and the rest is history. This was during a discussion about the relevance importance of the designer in Sweden, where the designer is expected to provide work and employment for the community by creating something that can be made in volume and profitably. He further commented that Ann Warff had been living off the royalties ever since, and that it had been one of the most sucessful designs in the history of Kosta. I don't know how true this is, but it is probably close to the mark. :)