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Title: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Bonsaismurf on September 14, 2010, 06:43:30 PM
Heya!

I'm sure I've seen a discussion about a lamp base like this somewhere online, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, it's labeled "Bohemia Glass - Made in Czechoslovakia" and it's definetly NOT a candlestick that has been redesigned. I'm absolutely sure this isn't a homemade lamp base. Does anyone know anything more about it? Is it a Jurnikl design? Which factory made these? etc.

Best Regards
Emil
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Jindra8526 on September 16, 2010, 12:55:31 AM
Hi Emil, can you please send me some more pictures of this piece to my Ceskoslovenske sklo web email, I will start investigation.
Thank you
Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskoslovenskesklo
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: cubby01 on September 16, 2010, 04:09:10 AM
That same base shows up here:
http://fatlava.forummotion.com/czech-sklo-union-glass-f42/rudolf-jurnikl-t3841.htm

I wonder if that is where you saw it.

EDIT: Oops, no I am wrong, those were candle holders.  Nevermind.

-Buck

Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: glassobsessed on September 16, 2010, 07:48:43 AM
Emil, what materials are the stem and bulb holder made from?

How is the top of the glass base finished? It looks like it would 'normally' be the base (bird bath base)?

John
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Bonsaismurf on September 16, 2010, 08:45:55 AM
Hi ppl!

Hmmm, I'm not so sure anymore it's not a candlestick after all   :thud:
I could have sworn the "Hobnail" candlestick was much smaller, but the measurements seems to be right and the bottom and hollow base does remind somewhat of the candlesticks in the "Moravia" range.
Here are some more pictures anyway...The stem is wood and the holder is a regular plastic holder.

Best Regards
Emil
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Bonsaismurf on January 07, 2011, 08:52:44 PM
I found another one of these, there's no way that's a coincidence!

Best Regards
Emil
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Anne on January 08, 2011, 01:16:03 AM
Emil, perhaps they were made for a retailer in Sweden, given that they've not surfaced elsewhere (yet!)?
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Bonsaismurf on January 08, 2011, 11:44:15 AM
Emil, perhaps they were made for a retailer in Sweden, given that they've not surfaced elsewhere (yet!)?

Definetly possible. There's also a cheese plate with Swedish words on it so evidently there were products made specifically for a certain region.

Best Regards
Emil
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Anne on January 08, 2011, 04:44:56 PM
Emil, the topic about the cube candlesticks has relevance to this as well I think:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,37932.0.html
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Bonsaismurf on January 08, 2011, 06:56:15 PM
Perhaps, but I do want to point out that the ones I've found aren't copies or imitations.

Best Regards
Emil
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Jindra8526 on January 08, 2011, 09:38:25 PM
Thank you Anne,
the same I had on mind so I directly asked Honza, who is more familiar with lamps design, for his comments.
He has answered directly, but later he had omitted his reply and now he is strugling.
I still keep the option that the glass piece had been made in Sklo Union and sold as basis for lamps sold to Germany open.

Let we wait for Honzas' oppinopn.

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz
Title: Re: Jurnikl "Hobnail" lamp base?
Post by: Chris Harrison on January 09, 2011, 05:59:00 PM
I bought one of these in an Emmaus Brocki in Switzerland a couple of years ago.  

Looking through the base, it's just the standard candleholder with a chromed, flanged stem glued onto the top (i.e. not into the candle socket).  The bit that holds the bulb is black plastic, and screws into the chrome tube.  The glass hasn't been drilled at all.

It makes a great lamp.  Heavy and stable.