Glass Message Board

Important Bohemian & Czech Glass sale takes place on the 6th June 2024, starting at 7 p.m. CET sharp, Prague, Czech Republic.

For details and bidding please visit:


https://livebid.cz/en/auction/zika_15ea?section=moderni-sklo


Bidders need to be registered with the livebid.cz platform first and then have the actual auction activated for participation; both can be done
online before the sale. For early bidding and bidding during the auction then, just signing-in is necessary. Absentee bids can be done online up to one hour before the sale starts,
or can be sent via email, via regular mail, or submitted at ArtKabinet Zíka in Prague in person. Phone bidding during the sale is not possible for this type of auction.

Live viewing of all items is possible from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday from Monday 27th May on, on the
premises of ArtKabinet Zíka, Mikulandská 120/8, in Prague 1, Czech Republic, phone 00420-603 889 421.


Antique and vintage objects always have some degree of wear and signs of use even if not explicitly mentioned in the
description. Bidders can view all offered objects during the preview of the sale, or get this information on items of their
interest through the auction house via phone/mail before the sale.   

A new printed catalogue of post-war Czech Glass 7, a sequel of the six Sypka glass catalogues, was brought out by the experts of the glass/ceramics section,
Messrs. Jan Kaňa and Jiří Viehmann. The catalogue can be ordered on

https://www.art-cabinet.com/czech-art-glass-7-d6894.html

Missed out the tray is pattern number 350 12" x 8"

Actually this was sold as an Hors d'oeuvres Set in a c. 1950's Davidson Trade Catalogue.

7 pieces, comprising 1 oblong tray pattern 350 - 12" x 8" and 6 x 3.5" square dishes pattern 38.

http://www.victorianpressedglass.com/pdf/davidson_trade_catalogue.pdf

Component pieces also sold separately.

Full Catalogue Archive:

http://www.victorianpressedglass.com/sowerby_archive.htm

Though not in the catalogue I believe these three pieces are Stolzle. The plate similar to the 18437 on P.19, and the dish 18475 P.6.

https://www-bohemianglass-org.translate.goog/katalog/c-stolzleho-synove-kat-187-lisovane-sklo-4935/detail/?_x_tr_sl=cs&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

You tie a linen cloth around it, soak it in ink and use it to ink copper etching/ engraving plates under pressure. There should be different sizes in a set and different curvatures to allow you to press ink into the shallower engraved parts.
Or it could be a blotter.

Linen smoother?

John