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Author Topic: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane  (Read 26111 times)

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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2019, 12:43:38 AM »
Was only referring to Loetz as a possible source in connection with my amber crackle bowl with internal green stripe decoration Frank. 
Not in reference to the 'cellophane' glass vases.

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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2019, 02:06:54 AM »
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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2019, 02:10:55 AM »
Being we now know it is Czech is a brilliant confirmation!

It always struck me as likely, just because of the decadent thickness of the glass which is such a noticeable (and unnecessary) quality of Communist era Czech glass.


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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #33 on: June 24, 2019, 02:15:34 AM »
I don't have any ' cellophane ' glass pieces so I can't compare unfortunately.

But the amber crackle with green threads bowl is inordinately heavy, weirdly heavy.  It just doesn't look like it should be as it looks quite refined but then you lift it up and it's a shock, as though it is very dense glass or something.  Odd.

Are the cellophane pieces like that as well do you recall?

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« Reply #34 on: June 25, 2019, 03:07:16 AM »
Yes, astonishingly thick glass.

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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #35 on: June 25, 2019, 10:18:27 PM »
Comparing to the known range from Hantich, this strikes me as a very plausible attribution!

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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2019, 12:06:01 AM »
Just in case they do turn out to be by Hantich & co here is some information I found on the company history:

http://www.glassrevue.com/news.asp@nid=4101.html7

http://www.glassrevue.com/news.asp@nid=4101.html

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« Reply #37 on: June 26, 2019, 07:09:22 AM »
for anyone interested in seeing ' cellophane ' glass close up see this link which can be enlarged to show some detail:

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/tring-market-auctions/catalogue-id-srtri10008/lot-c744ab35-c496-42e9-9240-a43a0151fdda


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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #38 on: June 26, 2019, 07:40:34 PM »
using the translate option I've translated the article attached in my post #36 above.

Within the information it says:

'As early as 1922, the company offered a wide range of colored glass and painted glass (for example, garnet glass), lead crystal products with cut decors, glass from "special crystal" (I could not define it) and so on. It was mainly beverage and decorative glass ... shoe holders and more. An interesting part of the production at that time was undoubtedly densely decorated glass, where techniques of cracking, optical forms, chipped decors appear'   (my underlining)

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Re: Czechoslavakian Chrysophase glass. AND Cellophane
« Reply #39 on: July 02, 2019, 06:02:48 PM »
Hello all, hope all are well. Here are three which i think to be by the same maker.  16cm in height with a rim of 17cm.

They vary in thickness and weight. The green is uranium. Weight wise the multicoloured one is 2.5kg, the green 1.2kg and the brown 830 grams.
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