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Skrdlovice collectors thread, part II
rocco:
Anik, nice vase in a really nice colourway, I love it, too :) I have this amethyst colour only in my two Zertova pieces so far...
So do all green Skrdlovice pieces from this period contain Uranium? -- Will have to test my collection.
Thanks David, I totally agree that Zertova's designs are very desirable, but unfortunately (apart from this bubbly range) really hard to find...
Michael
Anik R:
Not all green 50s Skrdlovice contain uranium. I've got an Emanuel Beranek vase from 1954 in the same wonderful green-cased-in-amethyst colourway as the one I posted above, but it doesn't have one hint of a glow. I've also got a bluish-green vase by Rudolf Beranek from 1955 with no uranium.
From my experience, very few Skrdlovice items glow.
rocco:
Thanks for the info, Anik!
Will have to borrow the UV torch from work...
Michael
astrid:
The find last week at a very big Belgian antiques and collectibles market in Brugge. 5 km of market - and only 3 or 4 czech pieces, two of which I bought (I already had the other two). One was a nice prunted Rhapsody Mstisov basket (10 euro, couldn't leave it for that price). On to the true find.
The owner was trying to interest me in a few huge Val St. Lambert vases that were attractive, but very expensive (and I don't collect Belgian glass). And then I noticed he had this one lying around on the floor. "Oh, that one. Don't know what it is. You can have it for 25 euro." Needless to say I rescued this nice Skrdlovice vase by Frantisek Vizner in azure, pattern 6855. It even has a gold Bohemia label, so unlike my 6860, it's probably period manufacture.
Astrid
rocco:
Astrid -- great find!!
And according to the pattern book these were first made in azure only, so yours is in the "original" colour.
Lovely...
Michael
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