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Emerald-green Czech vases - REVISITED
David E:
Well, I've finally come across a photo for the "violett" colour!
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Think this will be of interest to Anne and Max :?: :)
Photo courtesy of Wayne at 20th Century Glass.
Additionally, I've included Anne's photo to show as a comparison - interesting that the top looks slightly more flared than the others. Please let me know if this is alright Anne, otherwise I'll remove the photo.
Ivo:
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I have a feeling this is not a mystery, but among the last pieces designed by Frantisek Zemek, in the three years just before he died. This is most likely from Rudolfova Hut, between 1956 and 1959, as his designs for Hermanova H'ut, Plzen, were much more fluid.
Sorry Ivo, cannot be more definite than that, given the very small amount of contemporary published documentation. Is this large? as recently someone showed me an ash-tray in the same pattern.
Marcus
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Sorry it is in storage in the "heavy items" box. I think it is about 20 cm and weighs a ton. I can believe there would be an ashtray as well - it is that sort of design.... :wink:
Anne E.B.:
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Additionally, I've included Anne's photo to show as a comparison - interesting that the top looks slightly more flared than the others. Please let me know if this is alright Anne, otherwise I'll remove the photo.
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I've taken another view - straight on this time. See what you think David. Apologies for the grey background. I'm still trying to overcome that, so the colour of the glass contrasts better to show its true colour. If you want to crop/whiten the background - feel free to do so.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/bohemianamber002.jpg
Regards - Anne E.B. :lol:
David E:
Morning Anne,
Ah, just an optical illusion I think (or in my case, an optical delusion :lol: ).
Re. the photos, I simply use a fluorescent strip light with a daylight bulb (about 8") and angle it towards the rear to give plenty of backlight; sometimes I angle the light to reflect off the paper, but the light is virtually always behind the glass. The camera then automatically defaults to daylight mode (no flash) so there's no distracting reflections.
I place the glass on white paper that folds slowly upwards and this helps to eliminate any sharp edge 'horizon' lines.
The only problem is that the photos do need tweaking afterwards as they are a little dull, so normally a 10-20% increase on brightness and 5-10% on contrast 'freshens' them up. You can use a free program like IrfanView – http://www.irfanview.com – to correct any photo.
Hope this helps anyone who needs a simple and cheap-ish solution [I still intend to build a lightbox one day though! :D ]
David555:
I like both the vases by Rudolf Schrötter for Rudolfova Huť - I have a few of these in blue, amber, green - but I would like to stick up for the bullet vase - they are just as nice as these and work well as companion pieces in a collection
http://tinypic.com/b7bfvm.jpg
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