Topic: Signed Door Stop - Origin Unknown ID = Cristal Querandi, Buenos Aires

[pamela]

Please, can you help to identify the origin of this huge glass weight?
Height is about 185 mm, Ø of base 65 mm, very heavy.
Looks as new, very little wear to the base, it's in the family for about 20 years.

The signature, although very clear is hard to decipher.

Certainly it says oro 24 i.e. fine gold.

If the first word should read in fact 'pristol' this points to Rumania perhaps?

Thank you for looking - any comment appreciated 

[bOBA]

I seem to remember a signature from a high quality maker still going from Argentina, South America like this, high class stuff, worth a search, Cristal Q....

Robert (bOBA)

[pamela]

Thank you Robert, you're a star! 

Cristal Querandi, Buenos Aires

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/584282-el-arte-milenario-del-diseno-en-vidrio

Now it is obvious that my late mother-in-law brought it back from one of her journeys during 1980-90ies.

[bOBA]

Quite fancy Pamela,  It must be a nice piece to have around,good quality things. It is always nice to discover what something is too,the best kind of thread,

Robert (bOBA)

[pamela]

Good news!
Further investigations brought me here: OPTUL, Germany

Had a very nice telephone conversation to Ursula Ullmann today. It was her father Hubertus Ullmann who designed this door-stop during their years in Buenos Aires (1957 - 1976). Signature at that time ' Cristalería Querandí '
As this weight is signed 'Cristal' only, it may have been produced much later, after the family left Argentina.

Anyhow, Mrs. Ullmann and I promised to stay in contact, and we shall probably supply more information on their history of colour glass production on glas-musterbuch.de 

[bOBA]

A great result Pamela, I had no idea that glassmaking even in Argentina had links to Bohemia, fascinating!

Robert (bOBA)