Topic: Jurnikl cube look-alike. Made in China.

[Anne E.B.]

Thought I'd just show this for interest and in case anyone comes across one without a label. Shown on the left next to a Jurnikl cube.  Its very remeniscent of Jurnikl's cube shape candlestick and may be that's where they got the idea from :huh:  although this one is made in China and has a plastic label - "Shannon Crystal - Designs of Ireland - Handmade Crystal - Made in China".  It too has five sides with concave lenses, but the base is flat and the lenses are quite shallow.  Nicely made too with all its edges bevel edged and is actually a cube.  Not nearly as nice as the original though :thup:  

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/DSCF1084.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/DSCF1083.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/DSCF1082.jpg

[chopin-liszt]

Thanks, so much, Anne :kissy: I didn't have a clue about mine - not even the name Jurnikl - I just sort of thought I'd heard of something like the thing I saw and bought, now I know it's the real thing, and that it's a Jurnikl cube!
You've made my day. :rah:

[Jindra8526]

Thank you very much Anne.
I will place link with Czech translation to my web, if possible.

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz

[Anne E.B.]

Please do Jindrich :thup:.  If you would like a better image of the "pretender", let me know and I'll provide one.

Perhaps t'other Anne could add a picture the label to the records?  I'm not too good at doing that.

Glad to have been of some help Sue

[Anne]

Anne, thanks for the side by side shots - yes they are very similar styles, but like you I prefer the original.

I'll add the label to the China album for you now, thanks. :thup:

[Jindra8526]

Thank you very much Anne, pictures are OK.
I cannot display big images directly, it slows down downloading of the web site.

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz

[Jindra8526]

Dear friends,
I have just recieved comment to this subject written by Czech design colector and student of History of Art and mz friend Honya:

Hi Jindra
I just read comments being related to hypothetical imitation or as Mrs. Anne wrote pretender of Jurnikl’s candlestick and I have say that I am finding this discussion a bit incorrect. Firstly Chinese candlestick is cut and moreover it does not follow one from the basic properties of Jurnikl’s candlestick that are: planes are slightly convex with concave lenses.
In the same way chatting people could focus to glass cubes of German company Peil und Putzler that apparently this component also widely used for assorted lamps and candlesticks (see picture with lamps). I have had several lamps with cube almost identical to Jurnikl’s one.
Also French company Daum had produced something similar.
I suppose that we can say that this Chinese product does not try to imitate Jurnikl’s design. Reversely I am assuming that this design is something what sooner or later would be achieved of every designer considering optical decoration applied to various quadratic forms.
What is your opinion?

Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cy

[chopin-liszt]

 :clap:

Please thank your friend very much indeed for contributing all this extra, fascinating information and the pictures!

(should this thread be archived?)

[Anne]

I think the information from Jindra's contact above could be relevant to Emil's query here too:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,36152.0.html so cross-linking for ease of reference.

Sue, all topics are archived, just not in Glass Archives. :kissy: