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Title: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: art-of-glass on February 07, 2012, 11:46:33 PM
Just wanted to share this pic I took of this fab Maria Stáhlíková vase.
I've had it on my shelf for about 3 or 4 years. Bought it from a flea market for tenner, it's slightly damaged on the inside but I didn't care, it screamed quality so I had to have it lol.
Only found out earlier today who made it when I was browsing through the Glasrevue's on Jindřich's website. Jindřich, thank you soooo much!!

Dan
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: langhaugh on February 08, 2012, 02:08:16 AM
Dan,

Fabulous piece. A tenner?  I'm a big Stahlikova fan and I've never seen this before.  What year is it?

David
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: Anik R on February 08, 2012, 05:29:43 AM
Hi Dan, that's a very interesting item, though I admit, I don't recognise it. Can you give us a link to J's site, where you found it, please?  And also, can you post more photos of it from different views? 

A really lovely piece to have... thank you for sharing with us. :) 
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on February 08, 2012, 07:24:28 AM
Wow Dan -- great piece!!

Here it is (although with a slightly different rim): http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue196111?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLS4bnjxOKIoQE#5440637758972389218 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue196111?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLS4bnjxOKIoQE#5440637758972389218)

Thanks for sharing!

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: Anik R on February 08, 2012, 08:01:14 AM
Thank you for the link Michael... You've either got an incredible memory, or the most perfect notes.  :)
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on February 08, 2012, 05:36:50 PM
;D No need to be impressed -- in this article about Maria Stahlikova I found my engraved Expo 58 dish (so I really know it by heart)

BTW: I would be much more jealous if I hadn't bought a very nice Stahlikova vase yesterday :rah:

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: bOBA on February 08, 2012, 06:23:17 PM
An excellent and scarce piece. Like Rocco's rare pieces, this was probably blown at Skrdlovice and then cut at the UR Prague cutting shop, probably for an international exhibition or similar event, certainly not a normal production pattern, the colours suggest a Skrdlovice blank to me,

Robert (bOBA)
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: art-of-glass on February 11, 2012, 12:34:15 AM
Cheers and thanks for the additional info Robert.
At first, I thought some amateur had had a go at cut the vase as the two groves down the side are a little rough and the surface has an odd, almost matte finish. Nevertheless, I love the colours.

On the link Rocco posted, the vase on the bottom right is another vase I love. I saw one at an auction a few years ago and still wish I had carried on bidding for it, I didn't know what it was at the time but the simple shape and colours were pretty mesmerising.

and for you, Anik ;-)

Dan
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: Anik R on February 11, 2012, 07:47:07 AM
Thank you for the extra photos, Dan.  It's a great vase.
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on February 11, 2012, 08:06:59 AM
Dan, thanks for the additional pics! -- Really lovely vase.

And thanks for sharing your great glass collection on flickr -- it is a joy to browse through it (and such a good source of reference)

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on March 01, 2012, 05:03:17 PM
Did I mention that I wanted one of these, too?
Found one! :smg:

Beautiful piece of glass...

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: Anik R on March 01, 2012, 06:56:14 PM
Interesting, attractive and highly sculptural... It's a super find, Michael. Congratulations!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on March 02, 2012, 12:52:41 PM
Thanks, Anik! :sun:

It is highly sculptural indeed; and I love the idea of cutting a hotworked blank to an organic shape...

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: bOBA on March 03, 2012, 01:37:54 PM
A great piece Michael, how tall is it please?


Robert (bOBA)
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on March 03, 2012, 04:42:00 PM
Thanks, Robert!
It is only 12 cm tall, but weighs a whopping 1.3 kg.

Do you think that my Stahlikova attribution is correct?

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: bOBA on March 05, 2012, 06:35:22 PM
Stahlikova or Zemek are the main possibilities I think, unless we find an attributed picture of the Stahlikova piece. Zemek designed a similar piece of the same date in Raban Bohemian Glass, which is described in Czech Glass Review as being a Skrdlovice blank not Mstisov, Raban is more unreliable than CGR in some cases.....


Robert (bOBA)
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on March 05, 2012, 07:06:17 PM
Thanks a lot, Robert!
The Zemek vase you mention is similar indeed, but I thought that he wouldn't use a Skrdlovice blank.
That is why I was leaning towards Stahlikova.

In my copy of the book "Böhmisches Glas Crystalex" (from the late 1970s I guess) is a coloured pic of the Zemek vase, in 2 coloured Sommerso blue and brown (if the colours are true); the text states "Frantisek Zemek, cut vase in coloured glass, 1957, Karlovarske sklo, branch Mstisov".

Michael
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: bOBA on March 05, 2012, 08:08:32 PM
We need more evidence to be certain, in my opinion. In Czech Glass Review 1957 it seems to say Zemeks cut pieces were made at Skrdlovice and Karlovarske, just like Stahlikova. http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue19571002?authkey=Gv1sRgCO6Agp-G05izgQE#5513474437130951714 (The link is the caption page followed by the illustration page). Please correct me if my German translation is poor. Kotik designed cut pieces in these colours and we cannot be sure that, like Stahlikova, he sometimes sourced blanks from Skrdlovice given his special relationship with the factory and its role as a centre for experimental glassmaking, research and development centre, which he helped personally establish. Raban being very inaccurate in many captions (dated 63) and your source (1970's) are both further away in time than Czech Glass Review 1957 which I prefer to trust on this occasion until more evidence is forthcoming. This is just an opinion, but it is a fact that is a lovely rare Czech vase whether designed by Stahlikova, Zemek or Kotik,


Robert (bOBA)
Title: Re: Maria Stáhlíková vase
Post by: rocco on March 05, 2012, 10:06:46 PM
Thanks again, Robert -- it is a phantastic piece of Czech glass, isn't it?

Here is another link to CGR showing 2 cut vases by Stahlikova and Zemek, both claimed to be made of Skrdlovice blanks: http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue19588?authkey=Gv1sRgCIakrf3F_sXzLQ#5439620584443561458 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue19588?authkey=Gv1sRgCIakrf3F_sXzLQ#5439620584443561458)

In the CGR Stahlikova article is another cut vase (http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue196111?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLS4bnjxOKIoQE#5440634409915139218) in a similar shape to mine, while the 2 pieces on the previous page have the same colourway.
So I see that Zemek and Kotik are possible designers as well.

I guess there are no pattern books or catalogues for these cut pieces?

Michael