Topic: neodymium bowl - Is this Czech, help needed to identify please?

[bOBA]

I finally found pictures showing my Skrdlovice Topaz- Amethyst. Not cased sommerso style with two colours.  It is a single colour as you would expect with similar Jelinek patterns (but it is a bit of a one off really, 5.5KG).  In normal light away form direct sun it is a smoky brown colour that can look near opaque. I show a picture of it lit with a lightbulb set up to make it clearer. But in some daylight, it quite often turns Amethyst. I do not know why, or if this was hard to achieve! Maybe it is linked to it being a strange size too....

Robert (bOBA)

[flying free]

that is gorgeous.  This one was mine - sold to a friend's husband as her birthday present
It was just amethyst though and I don't recall it changing colour.  It was big and very heavy also but I think about half that weight.
m

[bOBA]

Thanks M. It is a quite different colour really. This one is topaz mainly in normal light... I will find out one day. Thanks for posting your old true Amethyst vase by the same designer, they are fantastic.  This topas-amethyst one is nearly round not flat though. The usual official design weight is within 200g of 3KG, they tend to be quite specific. Really lovely things. I have a blue one with the bubbles, great pieces.I have not seen one I don't like!  Nice to see your version!


Robert (bOBA)

[flying free]

Gosh, my memory was good on the weight then 

Yes I love these, but my friend fell in love with it when she saw it and so it was hard to say no when she wanted it.
Your vase sounds to be an amazing size and a great shape - what a wonderful piece Robert.
Actually the lilac on yours looks quite similar to that short inch of lilac on the foot of my bowl doesn't it?

m

[rocco]

Gorgeous piece, Robert! Interesting to see a one-off piece from this Jelinek "range".

My Jelinek heart vase has a strange colour, too -- it is smokey grey, but with a hint of amethyst visible in daylight.

Michael