Topic: Citrine lens dish Czech?

[Jindra8526]

Dirk is true,
many German spoken Bohemian glassworkes had to leave their homes after WWII and had extabilished their busines in their new homes. Many Bohemian looked glass coudl have the West-German origin then.

But it is not his case. The eviction of Bohemian Germans was in 1945/46. Hospodka has inevted this style of glass in late 50ties and Hlava's piecesare from beg 60ties. I would rather investigate the possibility that Glassexport had sold this pieces at Western  market in co-operation with Hessenglas.

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cy

[rocco]

Thanks, Jindrich and Dirk!
I would also believe that Hessenglas (who had a fabulous designer -- Gangkofner) would not simply make accurate copys of Pavel Hlava designs -- and these vases do not look just "inspired by Hlava"...
One of the vases has a label which I cannot read, but it isn't the HG label, so I guess Jindrich is right (as usual )

Michael

[astrid]

Chris, did you see the one in the Moser 1857-1997 book (don't know if you have access to it)? Not the same as yours, but it has some similarities that might suggest a Czech connection. Page 219, number 237, a prototype design by J. Forejtova from 1957. That one is 25 cm, so also bigger.

Astrid

[Jindra8526]

Good direction, Astrid.
The Forejtová ashtray is a bit different and has no cut lenses, but the quallity of glass can focus to Moser
ask them directly at:
www.moser.com
E-mail: customerservice@moser-glass.com

Just to make youir life easier - the Moser page 219 is here
http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/MoserPage219?authkey=Gv1sRgCNDWs5qtxY77Ew#

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz

[chopin-liszt]

The website for Moser Glass is;

http://www.moser-glass.com/en/

Jindrich - hope you don't mind me putting it here - the link above takes you to some american legal firm.

I love this bowl - I know nothing about any of the discussion, although I know Deborah Fladgate has used a very similar form with cold-worked features (and other features too) in a lot of her pieces.
Imitation being the most sincere form of flattery again!

[dirk.]

Jindrich, I didn´t mean they took these designs with them directly, but on later
occasions. Your theory of a trade connection sounds more plausible though... 

[rocco]

Found this on Jindrichs site, CGR 1958/1: http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/Glasrevue19581?authkey=Gv1sRgCPyurcv_28X10AE#5438528654686458402.

Not the same, but quite similar...

Michael