Topic: Kunsthandwerk glass vase.

[Sendhandfran]

This ones a bit of an oddity.
From its shape i guess it dates from about the '50s. But, it has a very thin base & a different feel to other vases i have from that era.
Any help appreciated.
Thank you

[chopin-liszt]

It is red or red and black?
Kunsthandwerk simply means hand-made object.

[Sendhandfran]

Hi chopin-Liszt,
Its red with a darker browny red starting about half way down & so dark near the bottom it barely let's light through at all.
May i ask if you recognise the label?

[chopin-liszt]

No. (I would have said if I did  )

It seems to have a logo of two horse heads and the letter U. We need somebody familiar with German or perhaps Austrian glassmaking companies.

The base shot makes the bottom look red - so I wasn't sure about the colouration at all - wondered if the darkness was shadow, thanks for clearing that up.

[rocco]

At least the label part seems to have been solved several months ago >> German studio potter Richard Uhlemeyer

Here is a ceramic vase by him with the same label >> Link

Why this label is found on a glass vase? - No idea

Michael

[Lustrousstone]

Same Fran I think. Richard was probablypotter who branched out into glass design

[rocco]

He was one of the most important German potters both pre and post WW2 (I have two vases by him, so the horse heads looked kind of familiar )
Interesting that he designed glass as well, user "styleinvasion" had already discovered this on the 20thcenturyforum:

Link to an auction of a vintage glass catalogue from Uhlemeyer >> here

Still some glassworks had to make it I guess
Looks more factory than studio made...

Michael

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks everyone. Michael, I'd forgotten, Richard Uhlemeyers name did come up in connection with this one. More known for his pottery than glass. I wondered, though it looks '50s, because of its thin base (hard to get a photo of as its so dark) if it could be earlier, it has an older 'feel' to it to me & if it were whether it could be described as Bauhaus in style?
Sue, the colours an unusual muddy red, i liken it to a blood red glass vase 1/2 filled with blood, gruesome but it looks like it . The base, as seen in the photo, can have a slight pink irridescence, but the vase doesn't really look pink at all.

[Fuhrman Glass]

Chances are it was made with a copper red glass. Copper red is notorious for striking a more livery color as it is reheated several times. Some glasses, and this is probably one of them are hard to control the color of. Depending upon the formulation the valences can shift and that effects the color. I've experience this many times in my own work. A little too much reduction in the flame and things can really shift.

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks Furhman. Interesting. I have a Victorian ruby red vase which has some orange residue in the pontil, i guess of whatever was used to make it red. I assume on this the darker reddy brown part is deliberate. It is a very vibrant red, more so than the Victorian one