Topic: Who made this Art Deco glass bowl? - ID = S Reich

[wolkenreb]

Could it be a swimming or diving award/trophy?

[Lustrousstone]

Back to my post WW2 and whoever took over Reich moulds. Quite a few of the Art Deco moulds were recreated/used by post war German companies.

Are you taking photos on your phone? When blown up they become grainy and lose colour and other definition. If not, resizing a higher resolution picture to 700 pixels longest dimension would give better results,

[Sendhandfran]

Hi Lustrestone, the daylight photo is a photo of a photo, so may not be great quality. The other photos were taken with an ipad & shrunk down to fit here by a friend. I don't know how else to get the photos small enough without losing definition
I wondered if it might be an award, or to grace the divers table at the '36 or '48 Olympics.
May i ask, Is it mainly the colour which makes you think its post WW2?

[Lustrousstone]

The colour and the 0 make me think possibly post WW2

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks Lustrestone.
I wonder if it was for the '48 Olympics? Maybe to grace a table rather than as a reward. I guess may never know.

[Sendhandfran]

The divers hair looks like a 'bob' haircut, more fashionable in the '20s &'30s. Though i bow to your superior knowledge:)

[Sendhandfran]

I found these figures, which look like by the same artist as the figure here. Unfortunately neither link know who they're by:(

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171312813068?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D171312813068%26_rdc%3D1


http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ORIGINAL-ART-DECO-CHROME-NUDE-LADY-NYMPH-FIGURE-CAR-MASCOT-/141225138584