* ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT UNIQUE, HANDMADE BLUE STUDIO CZECH GLASS SCULPTURE, DESIGNED BY MR KOREJTKO

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AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT BLUE CZECH ART GLASS/STUDIO GLASS SCULPTURE: STUNNING AND VISUALLY IMPACTFUL

AN UNIQUE ITEM BY DESIGNER/GLASSMAKER KOREJTKO FROM THE LEGENDARY BERANEK/ŠKRDLOVICÉ GLASSWORKS (WHICH CLOSED DOWN IN 2008)

UNIQUE, 'ONE-OF-A-KIND' 21ST CENTURY DESIGNER'S ITEM

Rare hand-made art glass from behind the Iron Curtain : a unique opportunity to acquire your very own, very beautiful piece of 21st Century European History!

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‘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 the magnificent items produced by them, their high-quality art glass is becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

This vase is a handmade, unique studio glass item

- Dimensions : approx 305 x 82 x 150 mm

- Weight : 3,300 kg

- Excellent condition with some surface scratches (see first photograph)

LITERATURE

Bevan-Jones, Robert and Parik, Jindrich (authors); Hill, Mark (general editor). Škrdlovice & Beránek: Legends of Czech Glass, 2014, 128 pp.

* Shipping costs are R100 via SA Post Office (tracked), R200 via Postnet and R250 via courier.

* Collection in person (Cape Town) may be arranged.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake! 

* You may find some of my other listed Czech and Murano glass items of interest.

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Beranek Glassworks at the time of its closure in 2008

* 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. 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.

* The images provided form part of the description. 

* This magnificent vase is an original and rare, hand-made Czech art glass vase (and not Italian Murano, Daum, Kosta Boda, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Swarovski, Leerdam, Val St Lambert or Lalique studio glass). I personally sourced this beauty from the Czech Republic for my own private collection, but with retirement looming on the horizon this beauty (sadly) requires a new home. [5B]