Topic: Cut balls

[Ivo]

Cut crystal ball vase, height 11,5 and 8,5 cm respectively.
Feels German to me - or Czech or Polish. Can anyone confirm?

[vidrioguapo]

Don't know, but from the title of the thread I thought you'd had a nasty accident!

[hugosanti]

Hi Ivo, I have some similar to yours but bigger (20 cms aprox). Mine are Val Saint Lamert (I wrote VSL and they confirmed that were made by them)
I attach a photo
Best
Hugo

[Ivo]

That makes sense - a lot of it. We do see mucho VSL around here. It will go into the Belgian dept pronto - and will look for further evidence. Thanking you!

[rosieposie]

What a title!! Well it made me look anyway!!

[johnphilip]

Is that the Nurse in you Rosie ?

[Paul S.]

As a fan of cut glass, I'm very impressed by the cutting on Hugo's example  -  curved mitres are particularly difficult, so I understand - and I'm not surprised that they are from a top end factory.    Great pieces Hugo. 

[Frank]

Quick glance through 80s Ceska and also Nactmann cat show the shape but not pattern.

[hugosanti]

As a fan of cut glass, I'm very impressed by the cutting on Hugo's example  -  curved mitres are particularly difficult, so I understand - and I'm not surprised that they are from a top end factory.    Great pieces Hugo. 

Thanks for your comments Paul, these are beautiful pieces indeed, I have two, same size but different circles diameters, the one shown has bigger circles than the other.
I am not an cut glass expert but I was told exactly the same about the difficult of curves in cutting glass and I agree about the quality,  VSL is one of my favorite glass manufacturer because of that.
I have also a "Jupiter" vase from VSL, do you know it? it is a stunning piece! I love it and it was a bargain when I found it!
Best
Hugo

[Paul S.]

regret I don't know of the Jupiter vase Hugo - and I've just looked through Pamela's VSL catalogue but haven't seen it.          Would agree that some of the 1930 - 40 period cased/cut material is fantastic, especially the linear deco style of cutting - also the straw coloured pieces are very beautiful.                You must show us your Jupiter vase some time.
This sort of VSL is a little beyond my budget, unfortunately, and I now stick to U.K. pieces only, so tell myself I wouldn't collect them anyway