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Title: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: Glasshound on August 10, 2009, 10:10:59 PM

10 inches tall and 7 inches wide. The hollow base leads me to believe it's of Bohemian origin.

Any guesses at a maker?  :huh:

/Blair

Title: Re: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: obscurities on August 10, 2009, 11:25:16 PM

I would agree that it appears Bohemian...   The finish appears, at least in the photos to be a red variation of an oil spot finish. Although I am not familiar with hollow stem pieces by Kralik, Alfredo's website shows an example of what is referred to as a Pink Oil Spot inkwell by Kralik.  The glass looks the same, and it is an unusual finish. It is image 23 on this page:

http://sites.google.com/site/loetzandglass/kralik-inkwells-1a--shape-and-decoration

There are also examples of "spotted" pieces on this page of his site (image 14), but the finish does not look exactly the same. The ones on the following page also appear to have gold spots, which do not appear to be on this piece, but that could simply be as a result of the photography:

http://sites.google.com/site/loetzandglass/kralik-1a--id-by-shape

My inclination would be Kralik because of the unique finish.....  but like I said, the stem bothers me....  but they made such a myriad of stuff I would not be surprised.....

Craig




 

Title: Re: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: Ivo on August 11, 2009, 06:35:29 AM

Could be Poschinger, too.

Title: Re: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: Mike M on August 11, 2009, 09:32:36 AM

Hi

Great piece

I took the liberty of asking Alfredo himself -as I was emailing him anyway

and the answer was indeed

'probably kralik oil spot'

cheers

Mike

Title: Re: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: obscurities on August 11, 2009, 01:39:58 PM

So now I have seen a Kralik compote with a hollow stem....  Like I said, the more I learn about Kralik's output, the less surprised I am about the variations of product they produced.

Nice compote.....

Craig

Title: Re: Bohemian art glass compote / tazza ?
Post by: Mike M on August 11, 2009, 01:51:47 PM

Yep Craig

You've said it!

I really think we've only managed to chart a tiny percentage of the the diversity and brilliance of Kralik

cheers

Mike