* DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL MODERN CZECH ART GLASS VASE DESIGNED BY JAROSLAV SVOBODA (1938-)

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MODERN, HEAVY CZECH ART GLASS VASE DESIGNED BY JAROSLAV SVOBODA (1938-)

AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN AT THIS STARTING PRICE

Rare hand-made art glass from behind the Iron Curtain : a unique opportunity to own your very own, very beautiful piece of 20th Century European History! 

‘Beránek Glass’ was nationalised during communist rule in 1948 and became Škrdlovice glassworks. Ownership was returned to the Beránek family in 1992 when it became ‘Beránek Glass’ again.

The factory closed in 2008 and no longer exists : with armies of collectors internationally now snapping up items produced by them, their high-quality art glass is becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

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- Pattern 7501

- Produced in 1975 by the Skrdlovice Glass factory

- Weight: 2,109kg

- Height: 219mm

Literature:

- VKS, r. 1975-1976. Glass for your table, glass for your home.

- Glass Review, sv 31/1976, c. Special Issue, s.7-19

On auction:

Sypka Auction Number 46 (Brno, Czech Republic) 20 February 2011, lot number 57 (example in green, reproduced on page 20 of the catalogue - see image below).

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Along with Scandinavia and Italy, Czechoslovakia was one of the leading European producers and exporters of glass across the world during the second half of the 20th Century. The 1950s-70s saw a renaissance in Czech glass design that confirmed and re-established the country's global reputation in this area.

From behind the Iron Curtain, highly talented and exceptionally skilled designers pushed the boundaries of 20th century glass design and produced unique art glass masterpieces that went on to inspire visually stunning ranges and exquisite works of art in sparkling glass.

Exported and sold around the world as ‘art glass for the home’, these modern and vibrantly coloured designs became enormously successful.

During the last five years or so international tastes and fashions have brought Czech post war art glass very much into vogue once again and hence the renewed appreciation of the glass hierarchy and the public alike.

Czech art glass has rapidly been becoming the latest highly sought after additions to prized art glass collections all over the world.

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* Shipping costs are R80 via SA Post Office (tracked), R160 via Postnet and R225 via courier. 

* Collection in person (Cape Town) also possible.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* You are invited to have a look at all my Czech art glass items on offer and discover the dazzling, magical world of sculptural, functional objects (primarily vases & bowls) made of sparkling glass!

* Please click on 'Bookfinder' (on the top right of this screen) to see my other items or go to http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/1252633/Bookfinder  for a selection of 100+ rare & very beautiful items.

* Please note that glass from the mid-20th century is vintage glassware and age related signs of wear such as small fine surface scratches/marks should be expected. As the items are hand-made, they may have imperfections such as bubbles, inclusions and lumps within the glass. Tool marks from where they have been shaped and worked in the manufacturing process can often be seen. As this indicates authenticity and forms an inherent part of the character of handmade crystal glass, these are normally not considered as faults by collectors.

This magnificent vase is a rare, hand-made Czech art glass vase (and not Italian Murano, Kosta Boda, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Leerdam, Val St Lambert, Swarovski or Lalique studio glass).

Archival material - with acknowledgement and appreciation to Mr Jindrich Parik, Czech Republic. [2B]