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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: mattglass on September 01, 2010, 10:49:43 PM

Title: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: mattglass on September 01, 2010, 10:49:43 PM

Attractive glass vase 13 1/2 Inches tall approx

http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy315/mynholme/Glass/DSC03256.jpg
http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy315/mynholme/Glass/DSC03257.jpg
http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy315/mynholme/Glass/DSC03258.jpg

Dirk already linked me to this website, http://www.kristallglas-oberursel.net/Text/ProdukteHessenglas_Gangkofner.html

But I was wondering if anyone else can give any other information about the vase, I have tried google but not been able to find much

Thanks for looking :)

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: astrid on September 02, 2010, 04:33:27 PM

Post war German glass is sadly underappreciated, that's why information is sparse. There aren't any decent overview type books on modern German glass as well. To be honest, I'm already very happy if I manage to find both the glashütte and the designer of a piece...

Just a tip: an interesting link for German glass is that the city of Düsseldorf has put all their culture objects in a database online. Since they also have the Hentrich glassmuseum somewhere, their database contains as of today 2642 glass or glassmuseum related objects. If you go to the left, you can select 'suche' under 'd:kult' to find out if they have more objects of a particular designer or glashütte. The glassmuseum has a large amount of Wiesenthalhütte glass (apparently they acquired a collection from designer Klaus Breit, who designed for Wiesenthalhütte), and they also acquired lots of Dutch glass from Leerdam and Maastricht at some point.

If you search for Gangkofner for instance in the search program, you can see some of the other objects he designed.

Astrid

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 02, 2010, 06:13:51 PM

Can we have a link to the database please

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: dirk. on September 02, 2010, 06:20:32 PM

I´ve instantaneously searched and bookmarked it. Thanks, Astrid!  :kissy:
http://www.duesseldorf.de/kultur/kulturamt/dkult/index.shtml
(click ´Suche´)

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: astrid on September 02, 2010, 06:22:23 PM

Thanks Dirk, that's indeed the link I meant and forgot to add  :-[

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 02, 2010, 07:06:33 PM

Thank you  :kissy:

Title: Re: Tall vase Possibly Gangkofner for Hessenglas
Post by: mattglass on September 02, 2010, 07:45:18 PM

Thanks for all of the help, I'm really pleased to have found out something about the vase.