Topic: two jugs and a vase

[retrolesley]

Hello All..

I picked up these 3 together and they have been puzzling me... They are quite heavy, good quality & have a polished pontil.
My inital thoughts were - Empoli, but the colour and weight slightly put me off that....
Any thoughts would be appreciated,
 Cheers, Lesley  x

[KevinH]

The colour reminds me of older items by Anchor & Hocking, USA.

[Anne]

I thought that too, Kevin, but the shapes aren't familiar as AH. I did wonder about Blenko as they also made Ruby Red glass but haven't found a match for these. It's worth a browse through the collectors' site though, just in case: http://www.blenkocollectors.com/

[retrolesley]

Woops - Ive just read this very late - Sorry & Thankyou!!! http://www.glassmessages.com/Smileys/classic/rolleyes.gif
I thought they may be Blenko - but got put off because of the polished pontil - i though they were all rough...going to check the link. xx

[chopin-liszt]

It might be worth a little search on the name Zbigniew Horbowy.
He designed some amazing and weird shaped tall things in fabby colours in the '70s.
A Polish artist, whose name should be far better known.

The vase on the far left is a bit similar to his work, the others are a bit more angular, but I'm not as familair with his work as I'd like to be.

[retrolesley]

OOh Thank you - much appreciate the suggestion. I will look into that... Lesley xxx

[retrolesley]

Just on a little deep search - Im very sure these are by Zbigniew Horbowy - Polish. Delighted to have have ID'ed them - Thanks so much Sue.  xxx

[chopin-liszt]

  I need to thank Anik for introducing me to Zbigniew Horbowy's work.
She gave me an oddly shaped red vase, the colour is amazing, so deep and pure, it's tactile. Sometimes, it looks as if it is sulking.

We need to know more about Polish glass artists. I've been to Museums in Poland and I've seen their work, I cannot understand why the rest of the world doesn't know about them!