Topic: face sculpture/box

[pamela]

Received an answer from Düsterhaus, it's not his work. Sorry, no further information included.

[flying free]

Oh but thank you Pamela for asking - much appreciated  :sun:
Frank, I'm pretty sure I can see lumps of something in the glass behind the bubbles of the dimples and it doesn't look like 'paint/ink/faux stuff', it looks like stones    That said, it is very difficult to see as I'm looking through a strong magnifying glass and the thick glass sides that distort everything
I see what you mean  on the graal from Lindean....lovely pieces !!
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[Frank]

The bubbles could have been made by dropping some material that evaporates when covered in hot close - thus creating the bubble, incomplete burning away would leave a residue. The paint would simply be used for the line.

[chopin-liszt]

The Reidel piece I saw was like your face box.
It was in the passing on an ebay search - and I didn't make a note of the listing.  I looked at the two images together, yours and the listing at the time, and decided there was simply too much difference. So sorry. :pb:   
It was a box, it had a funny face on it - but it didn't have the same expressiveness, it didn't have glass fibre inclusions (which is what I'm convinced your box has - they're far too like the Benny Mozfeldt glass fibre inclusions I had a few examples of) and it didn't have any colour.
Probably a bit of a red herring mentioning it - although it did cross my mind that their box might be a "tribute" to the designer of yours.

[flying free]

Sue many thanks
I will investigate a little further and see what comes up.
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[chopin-liszt]

I found one on ebay...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Riedel-Design-Glass-Vase-FACE-Austria-signed-Label-/220623599387?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item335e30f71b


See? not the same thing at all - just a wee bit similar  :thud:

[flying free]

lol    - seriously though, thank you for continuing to look for me - I have seen the Riedel ones before and I can't think why I didn't realise which ones you were referring to.
This one is going to remain a mystery probably, but I enjoy the search every now and again hoping something will pop up.
have you seen the pics I attached on the thread asking for info on Dave Hobart?
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[flying free]

http://www.botterweg.com/Copier_A_D/Leerdam/Lot-7084.aspx?tabid=59&lotid=7084&language=en-US&auctionid=19&tag=Copier_A_D
The paint effect on this bowl is very very similar to the way the face on the box is done

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=37027.0;attach=59577;image


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[flying free]

some interesting similarities here also
http://www.nationaalglasmuseum.nl/index.php?option=com_memorixbeeld&view=record&Itemid=25&id=gla:col1:dat10624&tstart=
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[flying free]

I've come  across this vase from Björkshult Sweden
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bjorkshult-Sweden-Blue-Glass-Vase-/232087810844?hash=item360982f31c:g:9eYAAOSwxg5X0XVJ

some good photos of another piece here
http://thescandinaviangroup.com/art-glass/1960s-hans-christian-wagner-bjorkshult-sweden-tall-studio-glass-vase-label/

Two more pieces here on the glass message board
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,52342.msg297113.html#msg297113

and also this piece (similarity only in the kind of 'feel' of the design of the glass)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/453317138/vintage-bjorkshult-sweden-hans-christian?ref=market


The owner of the first piece 'decadesofantiques' has this to say about Björkshult:

'Björkshult glassworks was founded in 1892 by Carl Petersson, Oscar Johannson, Oscar Carlstrom and Robert Nyrena and was originally called Björklunda. After having had several owners, its name was changed from Björklunda to Björkshult in 1919. In 1934 the company was sold again to three glasblowers who modernized the company. In 1974, it became part of the Krona-Bruken AB (who also owned Gullaskruf, Maleras, Skruf and Aseda), and which went bankrupt in 1977. Björkshult produced household and ornamental glass, as well as cut glass. In the 1930s, it started to produce specially toughened glass that was used in industrial applications such as lights, but also for tableware. In the 1940, the designer Ragnar Johansson started to design glass animals, which were a success. The main designers at Björkshult were: Hans-Christian Wagner (1957-1976), Margareta Schlyter-Stiernstedt (1953-1968) and Carl-Einar Borgstrom in the 1970s.

Just adding this as a reference for research later.  The blue vase at the top has similarities with the box face.

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