Czech Glass

 

 

The forest regions of the Czech republic and Slovakia are riddled with glass houses. At any time during the 19th Century there were 140 works in operation, in addition to an extensive refining industry. Since the state run conglomerates have been disbanded, many new works have emerged.

 

 

Marriage goblet; amber cased with enamel and gold. Attributed to Egermann, around 1840. The picture shows a romantic scene on one side; at the back, another picture shows her knitting while he holds up the wool.

 

Small milk jug, "Isabel" glass with amethyst rim. Riesengebirge (Giant Mountains), around 1835

 

Smoking tray, silvered glass with polychrome enamel decoration. Attributed to the Hugo Wolff factory in Haida, between 1870- 1900

 

Lidded bowl in cased, satinated, pulled and threaded glass. Josef Rindskopf, around 1900

 

Powder box, cased, colour swirls, satinated ;

1920-ies

 

Powder box, milk glass blown in still mold, sprayed polychrome décor of dragonfly. 1920-ies

 

Anonymous design, 1950-ies

 

"Grenada"vase, Rindskopf, around 1900 - or something that is made to resemble it

 

Thickwalled vase in aqua, green and blue attributed to Frantisek Vizner, 1970-ies. Vizner never signs his works, claiming that it should be obvious they are his works from the outset. Unfortunately, this is not always true…

 

Vase by E. Beránek for Skrdlovice, 1970-ies.

 

tall Rindskopf vase, opaque marbled red, silvered feathers, iridised inside and out. Around 1900

Lampwork cocktail sticks in a little swirl stand - these were very popular in the 1940s

 

Orange and white/grey vase in what is called the Tango style. Made by a number of Czech glass houses in the thirties, including Loetz and Anton Rückl.

 

Enamel painting on milk glass - an anonymous design from the fifties. Yes it is glass - but it is very hard to distinguish from porcelain. A design like this forfeits the main attraction of glass : tranparency.

 

Powder box attributed to Bellova, end of day vase and mercury glass powder box

 

Another "Tango" piece in red, blue and yellow on a milk glass casing.

 

Covered box in amethyst with a gold frieze. These are normally attributed to Ludwig Moser in the thirties, but several works in Germany and Czechoslovakia have produced lookalikes.

 

Blue vase with heavy iridescence, possibly made by Kralik

 

Tall vase with bands of orange, white and blue, clear cased. From the style you'd think it was made in the sixties

 

And another Tango piece - this one was most likely made by Rückl.

 

 

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