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Title: Czech? Nouveau pair of Vases.. Orange & Black
Post by: selina on October 21, 2007, 12:16:11 PM

Hi,

I got these today purely on whim and I hope that my instinct was correct with them. Im thinking Czech, hopefully one of the very popular makers. There is no irridescence. They appear handmade as they arent identical. The vases are very dirty inside but I was eager to take pics. :) Help would be very much appreciated...please just be kind  ;D

Selina

Title: Re: Czech? Nouveau pair of Vases.. Orange & Black
Post by: Mike M on October 22, 2007, 09:43:31 AM

hi

I'm far from 100% certain, but I have always attributed this finish and style to Kralik (Czech) dating from 1920 and 1930s

However I've been told that a couple of french glasses houses copied this style too -unfortunately no one has ever offered a name as to which french glass houses!

Cheers

Mike

Title: Re: Czech? Nouveau pair of Vases.. Orange & Black
Post by: Sklounion on October 22, 2007, 03:33:35 PM

Hi Mike,
This type of ware, whilst outside my normal sphere of study, has intrigued me for a long while. Much, as you comment, is attributed to Kralik, but little factual evidence to show which factory, has been produced. Certainly Kralik's factory at Vimperk, is an unlikely candidate, as it came under the control of Moser, Karlovy Vary, shortly after WWI, and its recorded production was allegedly, " a speciality heavy, massive crystal, topas, uranium, amethyst and other glasses of great technical perfection and in beautiful tectonic forms richly cut in broad facets." Only the Lenora factory appears to have remained in Kralik family hands, after WWI. The description of that factory's production includes "laminated and crystal glass", of which, I presume, "laminated" might be a suitable term to cover this type of glass. Yet being able to prove that remains a difficult proposition.
It might also be necessary to spread the net a little wider, and clearly we need to try to find out what the inter-war production of the Stefan Hrdina a Syny works at Chlum u Trebon was. Certainly under the communists, the Cesky Kristal n.p. member factory as it became known, had a record of producing this type of ware, some later examples designed by Jan Gabhrel.
(Source of quotes: "Modern Glassmaking in Czechoslovakia" Dr Jindrich Cadik, undated essay, (mid-1930s) published by Hippmanova, Praha.)
Regards,
Marcus

Title: Re: Czech? Nouveau pair of Vases.. Orange & Black
Post by: selina on October 23, 2007, 09:45:40 PM

Thanks Mike, Ive searched their site and found similar styles there and the same colours but not the two together.

Marcus, some interesting info..but I will admit Im more confused now :)

Trudy