Topic: Czech Glass Vase. "Rhapsody"? ID = Recent Czech, possibly Chribska

[dorian_graye]

Hello.  I'd like some help identifying this vase.  Is this a "Rhapsody" vase by Mstisov Glassworks?  Thanks for your input.

[glassobsessed]

Not Rhapsody, I don't think it is Pizzicato either but they are Czech.

Using Sklo as a shorthand for Czech just leads to confusion (and irritation for me ). Sklo just means glass.

John

Edited to add: it looks like a variation of this design also by Zemek for Mstisov: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,22023.0.html

[dorian_graye]

Changed the headline.  Thanks for the link!

[Jindra8526]

This is quite recent piece, Czech, possibly Chribska - Rubin glass s.r.o (bancrupted few years ago).

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz

[dorian_graye]

I think not, but everyone is entitled to an opinion.

[glassobsessed]

Jindrich has extremely well informed opinions!

This design (like many others) will have been made over the years at several different glassworks as companies came and went, the only consistent element will have been the basic design and maybe some of the glassworkers themselves. The design may well have had a life of forty years or so, there will be differences in examples as the years pass and as the factories producing them changed.

John

[dorian_graye]

Sure  :thup:

[astrid]

The Rhapsody vases made in the early 60s by Mstisov have 4 different colour stripes attached (the originals from the fifties had the same colour prunts). The colour of the stripes on your vase are much more brightly coloured than the ones I have from the Mstisov range. Also, the vase shown only has two colours stripes instead of four.

If you have a look at the 1999 Chribska catalogue link below (also gratiously provided by Jindrich), you'll notice that Chribska at that time had lots of variations on earlier models by other factories, but usually with much brighter colours, or only in 2 additional colours where the original would have 4 different additional colours.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Jindra8526/CHRIBSkA1999?authkey=Gv1sRgCKjbrouFiseK2gE#

Also attached a couple of my Rhapsody vases for comparison for the colours (you'll notice how faded the colours look compared to yours)
Astrid

[dorian_graye]

Thanks for the link. It will be useful for future reference. I was already aware that my vase was not part of the Rhapsody series.

[Jindra8526]

Astrid and John perfectly described the reality.
The brightness of colours is the key for recognising recent production even 4 colours are applied.

Take a look please to my collection of Rhapsody (use also attached links there to see more) here:
http://www.cs-sklo.cz/ceskoslovenskesklo/25-STARE-CLANKY-OLD-ARTICLES/945-Rhapsodymania

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz