Topic: Help please - is this a piece of Skrdlovice?

[seanduxbury]

Hi.  Hope someone can help.  I found this piece in one of our small local auctions which everyone else ignored.  Labelled as a piece of Skrdlouice (that was the spelling in the catalogue) by Beranek.  To be honest I'm not sure if it's Skrdlovice but feel it is Czech but would like other opinions and if possible an ID of what it is; who designed it and date.  It's an ash tray (I think), square in shape and measures 16 cms wide x almost 7 cms high.  It weigh almost 1300 gms.  I've attached images but if anyone wants anymore please let me know.  Many Thanks

[mattschlan]

It does have certain similiarities to the 'andromeda' bowls by Skrdlovice from the 1960's, so it's possible. I can't find it in Mark Hill's book 'Beranek and Skrdlovice, legends of Czech glass' though.
Is it pink and blue? Or is the blue in the photos just a reflection?

[seanduxbury]

Hi.  Thanks for getting back - colour is just pink (just my amateur photography skills I'm afraid id you saw anything else) and yes it does have similarities to andromeda, but I own a piece of andromeda (well I'm pretty sure it is) and whereas andromeda is formed by twisting, this piece has been formed by what appear to be 'cuts' across the diagonal.  This gives it an appearance of being 'twisted'.  I've attached 2 images, one of my andromeda vase and a more detailed one of the new dish/ash tray I found.  I've been doing some serious trawling of the web but just can't find anything similar yet - glass can be so infuriating at time.  Maybe there should be a new law that makes people leave any labels on.

[Della]

It does have certain similiarities to the 'andromeda' bowls by Skrdlovice from the 1960's, so it's possible. I can't find it in Mark Hill's book 'Beranek and Skrdlovice, legends of Czech glass' though.
Is it pink and blue? Or is the blue in the photos just a reflection?

I don't want to sound pedantic, but it is NOT Mark Hill's book and he would be the first to say so. It is the hard work of Robert Bevan Jones & Jindrich Parik, with Mark Hill being the general editor. Credit where credit is due 

[seanduxbury]

After some serious searching I have found something that is similar but I'm still not convinced my piece is Skrdlovice.  If you search for Beranek and pattern 5476 you can find a small bowl / ashtray that 'sort of' looks like this one.  It's a similar size but the piece posted by CzechGlassCollector is much lighter at just about 900 gms

[antiquerose123]

I don't want to sound pedantic, but it is NOT Mark Hill's book and he would be the first to say so. It is the hard work of Robert Bevan Jones & Jindrich Parik, with Mark Hill being the general editor. Credit where credit is due 

So True !! 

[bOBA]

Thanks very much Della and Rose. I am not sure either of the pieces in this thread are Skrdlovice. I do not recognise the bowl, it could be possibly vintage murano, which certainly made some Andromeda shaped pieces in the 1950s.... I think the blue vase is probably Chribska,

Robert (bOBA)