Topic: Kralik period art nouveau?

[markw78]

First what is it?  "Bridal basket", compote, basket?  No markings, it's got a great uranium glow, it's a really beautiful piece.  There's a heavy amount of wear on the bottom, no markings or signs of there once being markings. 
Based on this I guess the age, but it could just never be made for export, so no markings?   

I found one or two pieces with this mold, but neither was in uranium glass and neither had a handle or the same style of base.

http://s1088.photobucket.com/albums/i326/pandw2011/Glass/

There's also 2 pictures of a threaded fan vase I got at he same time from the same estate, it glows with uranium but so little you almost can't see it let alone photo it.  It isn't marked at all either.

Thanks
Mark

[antiquerose123]

Hi Mark, and Welcome to the Board :rah:

That is a very nice piece of Glass.  I am sure someone with more knowledge than me will be able to help, but I am  :mrgreen: with envy over your item.

Again, Welcome.  Sit back, and Enjoy the board!!

[Lustrousstone]

Most glass is unmarked, so no surprise there. Kralik looks to be a strong possibility for your basket, which is probably for flowers (it's not a compote). It's almost certainly Bohemian/Czech. Have a look through here for both the shape and the decor; you may find one without the other. http://www.kralik-glass.com/ Time period is about right.

Please post your fan vase in another thread so we don't get things confused (it probaly isn't uranium if there is so little glow; more likely it contains manganese).

I too am green!

[markw78]

Thanks!  Yah The vase is just incidental, mostly interested in the basket. 

This looks like the mold to me:  http://home.earthlink.net/~verredart1/glass/Kralik%20Urania%20with%20Red%20and%20Yellow%20Threading%20Compote.jpg

And this is the same effect on the base: http://home.earthlink.net/~verredart1/glass/Kralik%202nd%201930s%20Uranium%20Clambroth%20with%20Red%20Windings%20Vase2.jpg

Then added threads, and a handle.. a unique take on a lot of their techniques done into 1 piece

[flying free]

this one looks to be part of the same range as well
http://www.kralik-glass.com/frametemplate.html
I'm quite jealous  it's beautiful.  Any chance of you loading pics straight onto the board please as links disappear over time?
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[Wayne]

Looks like the Kralik "Flame" range?

http://www.kralik-glass.com/kralikflamearray.html

[flying free]

oops sorry my link didn't work.
If you go to that site, click on Kralik deco era shapes, page 2 second from right, I think it is the same range as that one.  Wayne, I think it is flame but plus the threading? 
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[Wayne]

Ah well spotted, here's the link:

http://www.kralik-glass.com/kralikdecoshapearray2.html

By the way, the Kralik website uses something called "frames", which means linking the usual way always shows the home page.  To link directly to a particular page, you have to open the page in a new window or tab first, then copy and paste that link.  This has the downside of losing the navigation menu, which is in a different "frame", but it's the only way I know of linking to individual pages.

[flying free]

oh thanks Wayne
so if the OP goes to top row of Wayne's link I think it is from the same range as the vase second from right.
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[Lustrousstone]

To link to frames: right click on the "page" in question/this frame/open frame in new tab (or window) and then copy the url you have in your new tab or window and there you are. This is how Pamela's site works too.