Max,
your blue vase, what size?
This is one of Frantisek Vizner's earliest designs for Sklo Union. Hermanova Hut, Plzen. around 1962.
Size should be around 20cm high.
A nice purchase.
Re books, oooh you naughty girl, fancy not taking note of the reviews.
Ricke ed; Czech Glass 1945-80, Arnoldsche, 2005.
Antonin Langhamer, The Legend of Bohemian Glass 2003,
Petr Novy, Lisovane Sklo,
Petrova, Czech Glass, 2003
Petrova & Olivie, Bohemian Glass, Flammarion, Paris 1989
J Raban, Modern Bohemian Glass Artia, Prague, 1963
Not sure of the other piece, probably Czech/Polish, but not come across it anywhere else. Reminicent of Vizner, but the design does not ring bells.
Regards,
Marcus