Topic: Nine sided grey vase

[glasswizard]

   http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8067

This vase is nine inches tall, nine sided, each face ground and polished. The glass is up to three quarters of an inch thick. It has a flat bottom not ground or polished but with lots of wear. I really like the smokey grey color and the simplicity, but I can't find a thing about it. No marks. TIA Terry

[Hotglass]

Poss Ludvika Smrčková, I am told. She was known for her Modernist-Functionalist designs. If leaded crystal then not Moser, poss Jablonecké Sklo. Est 1930's. Ed.

[Sklounion]

Not Jablonec, more likely Ruckl.
Regards,
M

[Frank]

Ah, any relation to this piece (Second item) http://www.ysartglass.com/Ysart/YsartPuzzle2.htm

[glasswizard]

Thank you Ed and Marcus for the information. This gives me an avenue to explore. I have come to the conclusion that the material I have on czech glass is not up to the task and it looks like I will be needing some additions to my library.
Again thank you both, Terry

[Hotglass]

Smrčková designed for a wide range of glassworks. Ruckl is more likely as Marcus says.
I agree that yours is 50's Frank. It is interesting that it has a similar foot and color to Terry's. After the war the nationalized Ruckl became part of Cesky Crystal. It could well have been made one of the plants which made up that grouping, especially if it's lead crystal. The design is unlikely to have been Smrčková. Ed.

[Sklounion]

The design is unlikely to have been Smrčková. Ed.

Why?

Ruckl's factory at Nizbor became part of the Bohemia Podebrady National Corporation, not Cesky Kristal N.P
Regards,
Marcus

[Hotglass]

Not till 1965. Ed.

[Sklounion]

Antonin Langhamer suggests the date as being January 1st 1950......
Sources please??
Regards,
Marcus

[Sklounion]

Sorry, if I had read my sources before posting......... Nizbor was nationalised in early 1946, and was part of Cesky Kristal until the end of December 1949. It joined Inwald's Podebrady factory, as Works number 2, of the Podebradske Sklarny National Corporation on the 1st of January 1950. Podebradske Sklarny underwent an name change in 1965, becoming Sklarny Bohemia, Podebrady in 1965.
Sources Langhamer 1985, Jackson 1996, Langhamer 2005, and CGR 1992/12/p11-22.
Marcus