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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Austria => Topic started by: rocco on March 23, 2014, 01:58:35 PM
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I love these 1940s hotworked pieces made at Českomoravské sklárny (CMS, former S. Reich & Co), sort of precedessors of early Skrdlovice. :)
No wonder, several Skrdovice designers had worked there...
Quite a complex piece with flowers suspended in bubbly glass. Diameter 24 cm.
Marked to the base with a deeply etched mark, "R" and "Krasno".
My bowl can also be seen in the CMS 1945/6 catalogue Jindrich kindly made available on his site: >> Link (https://picasaweb.google.com/104509467784289017506/CMSReichKrasno194546?authkey=Gv1sRgCMn-k4r20fyZ1gE&noredirect=1#5442141558276963074)
I found this very interesting article online >> Link (http://issuu.com/icom-glass_reviewsonglass01/docs/review_on_glass_2/19), with lots of information on CMS 1930s/40s production.
Three designers for this range of hotworked pieces with flowers are mentioned: Frantisek Zemek, Milena Veliskova and Ludvika Smrckova.
I guess I will not get closer than that...
Michael
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Wow, Michael, fantastic bowl! Love the red polka-dots in it. And great that you found a reference for it in the CMS catalogue.
You are a very lucky man! WONDEFUL addition to your collection. ;D
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Thank you Anik!
I was actually looking out for pieces from that CMS catalogue ;D
They don't seem to crop up that often, so I am extremely pleased.
Michael
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Interesting addition Michael. :) - I would never have guessed the age in a million years, certainly has a very contemporary feel about it.
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Thanks, Greg!
Yes, quite a unique and unusual style, I don't recall having seen anything similarish from other 1930s/40s glass makers.
Emanuel Beranek and Milena Veliskova designed several pieces in this vein for Skrdlovice in the late 1940s.
Here are two from my collection...
Michael
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Very nice examples Michael, particularly like the Beranek snail bowl. Vienna, certainly seems the place for Skrdlovice. :)
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That's very gorgeous and thanks for the link :)
You have a great eye Michael - I find it so hard to imagine what a piece would look like from a black and white photo, so would have a hard time spotting a piece and knowing what it was.
I also love the snail bowl. Very stylish.
m
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Another adorable piece, Michael... love it! :)
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Thanks folks ;)
Michael
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Another one from this range, can be found in the same >> CMS Krasno 1945-46 catalogue on Jindrich's site (https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMReokENY8TynLOGVjJZxlrekWWcKJ0yxTUX6q9oDg3LjHMHCdvBSzX1oIpMbEeCA?key=TTFLdU1HV1BsTVdBUFU0dExMYWc2ZEp3TGlCLVhB)
Has the R etched mark to the side.
One of my favourite additions from the last years :)
Michael
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Very interesting piece. Most of the krasno I am familiar with is like the early Beranek Pulegoso technique that was learned at Krasno.
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Thank you Craig!
Yes, this CMS Krasno range is quite unique. The pulegoso pieces are more commonly seen -- like the lamps I posted in the other thread.
The black-and-white catalogue in the link I posted above shows many pieces in this style with bubbles or multicolour spatter plus flowers suspended in thick clear glass.
I attach a pic of a studio glass vase by Jindra Beranek, sort of a remake of one of these vases (his father Emanuel Beranek made in the 1940s for CMS Krasno).
Michael