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Karol HOLOŠKO
(1912-1978, Lednické Rovne)
He is considered the most important figure in Slovak design.
Trained in Argentina (1934-1946) in the arts, he worked at the Rigolleau glass factory.
Upon returning to his country, he joined the Lednické Rovne factory (now RONA) as a designer, eventually creating and directing its design department.
In collaboration with Jaroslav Taraba and engineer Vojtech Chmelik, they developed and patented (1956) the so-called "drawn stem" technique, which allows the stem and bowl of a glass to be produced from a single piece of material.
Karol HOLOŠKO
(1912-1978 ,  Lednické Rovne)
Es considerado la personalidad más relevante del diseño Eslovaco.
Formado en Argentina (1934-1946) en Artes, trabajó en la cristaleria Rigolleau.
A la vuelta a su país se incorpora como diseñador en la factoría de Lednické Rovne ( hoy RONA) terminando por crear y dirigir su departamento de diseño.
En colaboración con Jaroslav Taraba y el ingeniero Vojtech Chmelik desarrollan y patentan
(1956) la técnica llamada de “tallo estirado” que permite producir el cáliz y pié de una copa con una sola pieza de material

Please add base and profile shots  (always essential for any glass ID) and height and diameter

There is only a small (or a big) problem: the size of the pattern 'Herman' that is described in the link is 24,5 cm diameter. The 'Herman' I have here has (exact) a width of 34,5 cm and it has not grown over the years.....
Maybe a typo in the first figure or did Walther use more than one mold with different dimensions? Maybe a stupid comment, but I am new here and this kind of 'glass' is not my niche....

Checking the 1933 Walther catalogue, the bread basket from the Hermann suite (two 'n's, not one as I had previously written), is shown with dimensions of 36.5*24cm. Therefore I'd say yours is a match. The slight disparities between the catalogue dimensions and the measured size are not unusual, especially for patterns with a flanged (flared) rim such as this. I suspect the measurement given on the Cloud Glass site refers to the width rather than the length.

The catalogue is available from Pamela's glas-musterbuch site here: https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/portal/n34
Hermann pattern shown on p.26: https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/portal/p1299

Thankyou, all adds to the mystery. I rather like it, and I think it's a keeper.
I love the fact every piece has a story. My pontil knowledge is a bit rusty, so thankyou for the clarification too.

Lovely to see the website, thanks for the link, Mosquito.
I see this bowl is described as a bread basket there.
Welcome to the forum, Jypy.