Topic: Marbled vase, Bohemian? 1920s?

[rocco]

Not exactly my area, but it was beautiful and not expensive, so it had to come with me

Mould blown vase, cased in colourless glass, with marbled pattern (amber, white, some opalescent cloudy bits I think), top part with neon yellow internal casing, possibly Uranium -- sorry, can't test atm.
Height 22 cm, rim polished and bevelled, some glitter in the centre of the base (and only there; may just have happened by accident).

Is it Bohemian? Any idea of age or maker?

Thanks a lot,
Michael

[rocco]

A polite bump

Am I totally off the track in thinking this is Bohemian, and pre WW2?

If yes -- what else could it be?

I have searched all the Kralik and Bohemian glass sites, and though there are many similar shaped vases from the Art Deco period, I couldn't find an exact match for the shape (and neither for the "marble" pattern).

A bigger pic attached, plus a detail of the base showing the microscopic greenish glittery bits; maybe there is a maker known who used this sort of decoration in other pieces?

Thanks,
Michael

[chopin-liszt]

It is rather beautiful!
I'm pretty clueless as to maker - although a while ago I had an orange vase thing with Nazeingy/Schneidery/Ysarty texture to the colour (I no longer have it) which had a similar sort of "space rocket"  base shape. I was told it was French. I have no idea if that was correct, but it might be somewehere to start?
I do not think for one moment it is Chrisopher Dresser.

[Paul S.]

it does seem difficult to pigeon hole.     There are shapes in the Truitt's 'Collectable Bohemian Glass' (I'm thinking of Palda) that are similar, with this slender body, bulbous base then flared sort of top area, but this colourway seems missing in the book.    Then again it might be something that you'd think could be in Ruth Forsythe's book on Czechoslovakian 1930's pieces, but doesn't seem to work.         I see it has what appears to be substantial wear, so there must be some reasonable age  -  certainly the casing in clear, would agree with Czech. from the 1920 - 30 period (but perhaps others also).

[chopin-liszt]

Substantial wear could have been caused by lots and lots of moving it around to put it in the best light. 
I'm not convinced of deco-ish-ness - it could be later.
You shoud see the amount of wear I've just found on a lump something (which may or may not be a bit of a Chancey lemon ashtray) - it's rounded-off the edge of the base! I doubt it's deco.

[rocco]

Thanks a lot Sue and Paul!
And thanks for mentioning those makers -- I will look into that.

The base of the vase is heavily worn -- more than any other piece of glass I have (I know, this doesn't really prove anything).
In my experience ashtrays (even not very old ones) often show much more wear than vases, due to being moved around on a regular basis...

Art Deco period is just my gut feeling; it certainly could be later.

I should add that the neon yellow colour of the inner casing disappears towards the base.
And the piece seems very well executed.
Any ideas about the glitter?

Michael

[flying free]

just bouncing ideas around here and I'm sure the decor is not the same,but the colours reminded me of glass I'd seen on Alfredo's site here
https://sites.google.com/site/loetzandglass/czech-jugendstil--other-makers
 - Knicek Glass

If you scroll down there should be a photo of a whole cabinet of it. 
There is also mention of another maker, again the decor doesn't look like yours but the colours remind me of yours
Huta Szklá Goszpodarczego Tadeusz Wrzesniak, Poland - might be worth looking at?
m

[rocco]

Thanks m!

On my internet travels yesterday I came across that site -- and thought that both the Knizek and the more recent Polish pieces were stunning . But not much info on Knizek on the web, and nothing on the Polish maker.
But far superior to my (still nicely executed) vase...

Michael

[flying free]

yes a whole different technique,however the base colour of the glass used and the colour palette reminded me of your vase.  And according to the site that is one line of glass known as Pandora.  There may be other ranges?
But I'm not sure where to find any more info.  I haven't anything in my small supply of books like this, and there doesn't seem to be anything on the net.  |I like the shape of your vase. I'll keep looking as well.
m

[flying free]

no further on your decor (but my instinct says your vase is Bohemian although that is nothing to go on  ) however I just thought I would add here that if you search for
Glasfabrik Antonienhütte
this will give you plenty  of Knicek images to view.
m