Topic: Czech Lamp base I bought yesterday

[Galle]

Here is a more close up, detailed photo - it looks like some sort of white powder to me.

[Lustrousstone]

That's white frit/enamel

[obscurities]

OK... so the vase is getting less and less like the lamp.......    :huh:

Craig

[shugdens]

OK... so the vase is getting less and less like the lamp.......    :huh:

Craig

I've given up on the Lamp, I'm non the wiser. Its a ''Retro Cased Czech Bohemia Web Vase With Silver Flecks'' shortly. :24:

[nigel benson]

Or maybe even, "Lamp base"??

[shugdens]

Or maybe even, "Lamp base"??

Sorry here it is, we might be able to steer it back  :thup:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/WhiteRose1649/DSC00194.jpg

[obscurities]

Thanks, For what it is worth, that is  a label I have seen on known Kralik decors, although the label has not been definitively linked to their production.

I would add the additional comment that I have not seen that label on a piece of glass that is known to definitely not be Kralik...... for what that is worth....

I am not saying it is because of the label.....

Kralik's production is amazingly diverse, and like I said initially, I would not be surprised if this is theirs.  They also used mica in some decors.

Craig

[paulbowen]

When did glass first start getting signed / marked / labeled Czechoslovakia (and other spellings for the same)?  Does anyone know?

[obscurities]

Czechoslovakia was formed at the end of WWI and officially proclaimed a nation on October 28, 1918. Use of the name on glass likely started in early 1919, at least that would be my assumption. I doubt it started immediately.....

The only other real spelling that is seen, that I am aware of, is the French version of the country name.  There are variations of the name which are hyphenated or not , and generally hyphenated examples be used (quite loosely) to date production to the 20's.

It is my understanding that the use of the hyphenated country name was uncommon by the very late 20's.....  but this is not written in stone and should not be used as a formal dating method......  As an example, I believe the Loetz oval, which is hyphenated, was used well into the 30's..... 

Hope this helps, Craig
 

[nigel benson]

Just to say that the label that has been added by Shugdens is the same as one that I recorded (through drawing) from a similar lamp base with mica inclusions many years ago. I have the drawing somewhere on file. Sadly, I was unable to photograph it at the time, and it was sold before I could access the camera. So, unless this is one and the same, there are at least two of these lamp bases bearing the same label that have been recorded

Nigel