* A SUPERB HANDMADE CZECH ART GLASS BASKET WITH A WIDE RANGE OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS

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A SUPERBLY BEAUTIFUL CZECH (BOHEMIAN) ART GLASS BASKET, COMPOSED OF A WIDE RANGE EXPERTLY FUSED COLOURS (AMBER, LIME GREEN AND COBALT BLUE)

THE DESIGNER OF THIS ITEM IS UNKNOWN, BUT MOST SOURCES INDICATE THAT IT WAS PROBABLY MADE IN KARLOVY VARY (KARLSBAD) AND EXPORTED UNDER THE 'BOROCRYSTAL' LABEL

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

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- Height : approx 175 mm

- Width : approx 145 mm

- Weight : 1,440 kg

- Probably produced in Karlovy Vary

- Vintage glass : the usual minor and insignificant age-related indications of wear and minor scratches on the base and surface; a beauty in good vintage condition.  

* Shipping costs are R50 via SA Post Office, R100 via Postnet or R225 via courier.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake! 

* Please do have a look at my other Czech art glass items on offer : simply click on 'Bookfinder' (top right of this screen).

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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.

KARLOVY VARY (PANORAMIC VIEW 2007)

* 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 item is original and rare, hand-made Czech art glass (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 it now (sadly) requires a new home. [G]