Topic: Excellent Engraving of Nude Dancer on Clear Glass Vase ID = Kamenicky Senov

[eglass]

Hi folks - here's to a healthy and happy 2011 for us all!

Starting off the New Year with an unidentified piece with a gorgeous engraving of a nude dancer. This vase is 8.25" tall, and about 6.25" wide at the rim.
No markings whatsoever. Can anyone recognize this as being the work of any particular cutter?

Many thanks!

Kelli

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-14891
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-14892
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-14893
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-14894

[langhaugh]

I don't have the knowledge to recognize the cutter but this looks very much like an Orrefors design from the1930's by either Lindstrand or Gate. Looks wonderful. Could we see a picture of the whole piece and then it might be easier to find more information.

Now why didn't someone give me soemthing like this for Christmas? I shouldn't complain, really. But.....

David

[ahremck]

I agree that Orrefors or perhaps Kosta Boda seem likely starting points.  Orrefors were very keen on nudes even when they disguised them a little as in my Palmquist Pwt(see photo).

If it is I am sure Daniel (when he looks in will be able to give you much more information than I could).

Ross

[langhaugh]

I had a look through Swedish Glass Factories to see if I could spot this design but no luck. It did confirm, however, my initial impression that this was early 30's by Gate or Lindstrand. It's very much in the style of the Java dancers that they did, although this isn't a Java dancer. Its the angles created at the joints that help to give it that look, as well as the bracelets round the wrists and ankles. This was the period when the demand for engraved glass started to drop (the depression), and Orrefors started to reduce the number of engravers they employed.

It's not Boda, where Hoglund did some work in the 50's, or Kosta, where Lindstrand went to create some famous engraved pieces in the 50, but which were quire different in style from his 30's designs.

I should say that this is in the style of Gate or Lindstrand, as I don't know enough to say whether it's one of their designs or by somebody hitching a ride on their wagon. Like Ross, I'm eagerly awaiting the wisdom and knowledge of Daniel.

David

[glassobsessed]

The thread will probably need moving to Scandinavian Glass then to catch Daniel's eye.

John

[eglass]

David, John, Ross - thank you very much for your input and suggestions on this vase! 

I recently had a nice Vicke Lindstrand piece with an engraving of Icarus, and the engraving on this vase was very similar in the way that the muscles of the body were done. What made me think differently was the thinness of the glass. The Lindstrand pieces we've had have always been done on thicker blanks - could be just my inexperience in his total work.

I'm anxious to hear more. I'll try and get a better photo of the entire piece for you, David. The first one I posted shows the whole vase, but it's kind of a dark photo.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-14891

[langhaugh]

Hi:  I've found a very similar design on a different shaped vase Swedish Glass Factories. The two differences I see are that in the book the face is looking outwards, not upwards, and there are three squiggly lines coming out from her lower back. Everything else is the same. The design, L 1310, is by Lindstrand in 1935. It's not unusual for the same design to be put on different shapes of glass. The main difference in the shape is that the one in the book has no stem or foot.

I'll try emailing you a scan.

David

[rosieposie]

Hi Kelli,  I found this listing on Worthpoint......looks very similar to me,  what do you think?

http://www.worthpoint.com/auctionhsad/show/53772

[rosieposie]

Just a thought,  could it be that the vase or vessels were Lindstrand,  but the engraving by someone else....Arthur Roos for instance..

This piece is, once again, very similar:

http://www.treadwaygallery.com/lotInfo.php?i=12620

Some lovely stuff listed on this site BTW!!!

[eglass]

David, thank you for sending that scan! Yes, I agree that the engraving is very much like Lindstrand's artistry.  And it shows on a thinner glass vase, like ours. I would imagine it taking greater skill to do such detailed work on thinner blanks, and he certainly had the skill.

Rosie, thank you also for the link to the Worthpoint listing. Hard to tell, it won't let me enlarge the photo - but again it looks to be done on a heavy, heavy glass blank.

Sure is a thought provoking piece!