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Title: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 18, 2011, 02:45:54 PM
Just a bit show and tell... :) Required these pieces from the private possession of
Günther Hofmann, who´s the last living of the Gralglas designers. I was able to
contact him via his daughter recently, who sold some of his pieces on ebay...  

#1 is large cut glass vase made in Schwäbisch Gmünd Glasfachschule from a
Josephinenhütte blank. It´s ca. 38cm tall.
#2 is an organic shaped amethyst cased clear bowl with an elegantly curved rim
- ca. 23 x 21 cm wide. It was a test piece, which never went into serial production.
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 18, 2011, 02:52:59 PM
#3 is a lighter made in the same technique as the Wiedmann candleholders - for
comparison see the one in my album here. (https://picasaweb.google.com/108140812446658939096/Gralglas#5631469270596385938)
This piece was made uniquely on request for Mr. Hofmann.
#4 is a test piece combining the Corona technique with frit decoration. I´m not 100% sure
wether it´s a one-off really. At least the technique was used in serial production, but I´m not
sure if it was made in this shape...
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 18, 2011, 02:55:13 PM
#5 and last is enamel painting on a Gralglas blank. Mr. Hofmann told me on the
phone: ´Well, we were young then...´  ;)

Hope you´ll enjoy!  :D
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: Anik R on September 18, 2011, 04:20:15 PM
Dirk, finally a bit of show-and-tell!!! I seriously thought I would grow old and senile before ever seeing what you promised to show.  ;D :kissy:

Truly fantastic additions to your collection... and I really can't imagine them going to a more appreciative home. CONGRATULATIONS!

By the way, my absolute favourite is the "When we were young" bowl. Tee hee...
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 18, 2011, 05:13:01 PM
Sorry it took so long, Anik. But - honestly - since my time in Czech Republic this
is the second (whole) day I´ve spent @home...  :P
Came back from Bremen on a Sunday evening and been away on a construction
job since then - spending the last two weekends at my parents´ for helping with
a charity thing... My neighbours in the house have started to call me ´the ghost
from the attic´... :24:
However - many thanks for your kind words!  :kissy:
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 18, 2011, 05:30:24 PM
Thank you from me too,
I love the lighter, and the "young person's" bowl, the first piece is absolutely fascinating - I love the sculptural effect in the middle...


Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 19, 2011, 07:41:40 AM
So do I, Sue. It´s a bit hard to capture in the photographs, but it looks quite
impressing in the flesh.  :)
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: glassobsessed on September 19, 2011, 07:52:08 AM
Lovely items and fantastic variety too. :sun:

John
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: BRADBURY7308 on September 19, 2011, 11:32:09 AM
Lovely items there Dirk i did spot a piece listed in the monart/vasart scottish glass section on a very well know internet auction site yesterday evening that looked remarkably similar to this type of glass ware i was going to bid but it went too £41 i think and it was a small turned rim bowl but very similar i dont think it was scottish more similar to graal glass did you see it???
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: rocco on September 21, 2011, 10:17:00 AM
Dirk, wow, phantastic pieces!! Thanks for showing!
I especially like the blue Corona vase and the lighter -- simply gorgeous.

I hope that I am able to find a Gralglas art glass piece too, one day...

Michael
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: flying free on September 22, 2011, 06:26:42 AM
Dirk they are all fab, thanks for sharing.  I particularly love the vase and the enamelled bowl  :)
m
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: dirk. on September 22, 2011, 08:40:01 PM
Thank you, all! Sorry for not coming back earlier - still working abroad and having an 8 to 8.30 day
at the moment (no - the second one´s p.m.).  ;)
I searched the one on ebay, Bradburry, and I seem to remember we had something similar on this
board already - a greenish vase with bubble inclusions and this matt base finish. Since I can´t
find the thread, here´s something similar on ebay (http://www.ebay.de/itm/WMF-Vase-Luftblasen-Farbe-Lindgrun-/260849576075?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item3cbbd8a88b)
Personally I´ve got no idea who made them, but although I can´t exclude it, I´m rather sure they´re
not german. The base finish doesn´t look familiar to any pieces I´ve seen...  :)
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: Frank on September 23, 2011, 08:38:19 PM
Lovely items there Dirk i did spot a piece listed in the monart/vasart scottish glass section on a very well know internet auction site yesterday evening that looked remarkably similar to this type of glass ware i was going to bid but it went too £41 i think and it was a small turned rim bowl but very similar i dont think it was scottish more similar to graal glass did you see it???

Gralglas, one a is a German company, Graal Glass is a decoration technique.

Do you have a link to the auction please.
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: BRADBURY7308 on September 28, 2011, 07:59:19 AM
Sorry frank been off with lurgy!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=130575243439
Title: Re: Günther Hofmann / Gralglas One-offs
Post by: Frank on September 28, 2011, 12:53:51 PM
Certainly not Scottish but nicely made piece, I wonder if bidders know what it is. Would that qualify as schaumglas? I would have thought not but not seen much variation in that style.