Topic: I have just bought this and am curious if anyone knows the maker..

[a40ty]

Good evening glass friends,
This may not be everyone's taste but it spoke/ shouted to me...
www.lauritz.com item number 1164541
Will drive to Hamburg at the weekend to collect it, can't wait
If anyone has an idea who the maker is, I'd be very grateful! Also, the technique, how have they done it? Taken a rectangular form, draped the glass over it, formed it and then cooled it? It wiouldn't be possible otherwise or would it?

Look forward to your reactions!

[pamela]

is it the table?
coming to Hamburg, why not drop in?

[antiquerose123]

Beautiful.... :clap:  http://www.lauritz.com/Item/Item.aspx?LanguageId=2&ItemId=1164541&nBids=5

What is the size of it?

Be careful with it.....  it looks delicate....and again, lovely...

[a40ty]

is it the table?
coming to Hamburg, why not drop in?

yup, it's the table. Pamela ,where are you? If we have time, we'll drop in.

What is the size of it?

Hi Antiquerose,
It's not so big.. 140cm long, 70 cm wide and 38.5 cm high but I reckon it weighs quite a bit
Me and my spaghetti arms, helppp someone!
Have to get it home to Denmark, that's all.   

[Lustrousstone]

It's fabulous, and quite a sizeable coffee table and you'll never have to iron the tablecloth

[David E]

As you guessed, it was probably created by placing a flat sheet of glass over a former and heating it to around 700 deg C where it would slump to form this shape, with a little manual help, in much the same way as handkerchief vases.

Must have been quite a large furnace to accomodate this. Not sure it's quite what I like (difficult to tell without seeing it properly), but a fascinating piece and I'd be interested to know its history.

[a40ty]

As you guessed, it was probably created by placing a flat sheet of glass over a former and heating it to around 700 deg C where it would slump to form this shape, with a little manual help, in much the same way as handkerchief vases.

Must have been quite a large furnace to accomodate this. Not sure it's quite what I like (difficult to tell without seeing it properly), but a fascinating piece and I'd be interested to know its history.

Thanks David! Do you think they used shears for glass ( what are they actually called, is there a word? ) to cut the sides shorter?
If it gets to Denmark safely, I'll take some pictures. And I hope they will have an idea of it's origin, in Germany.
Please keep fingers crossed for safe transport 

[David E]

It looks as though it were created from a pre-cut rectangular sheet of 5mm(?) thick glass, or thicker, then slumped. I would imagine it was cut with normal diamond-point glazier's cutting tool, and very much doubt it was cut to shape while malleable, but Ivo might be able to comment further.

Hard to tell what type of glass it is, but could be armoured, or laminated, perhaps? If so, then it might take some very rough handling (I reckon you could probably smack it with a hammer!) and is actually tougher than it looks. I wonder if Health & Safety approved it though? 

[Bernard C]

... it was probably created by placing a flat sheet of glass over a former and heating it to around 700 deg C where it would slump to form this shape, with a little manual help, in much the same way as handkerchief vases. ...

How was the former removed?

Bernard C.  

[Frank]

It was probably sectional.