* A MAGNIFICENT GREEN, AMBER & CLEAR CZECH ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY LADISLAV PALECEK IN 1976

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A MAGNIFICENT & MOST ELEGANT EMERALD GREEN, AMBER & TRANSPARENT CZECH ART GLASS VASE

DESIGNED BY LADISLAV PALECEK FOR SKRDLOVICE GLASS WORKS IN 1976

GREEN UPPER WITH AMBER BASE AND PULLED SIDES

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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‘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 with groundbreaking designs is becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

- Pattern number : 7608

- Height : approx 300 mm

- Weight : 3,370 kg

- Produced by the Skrdlovice Glass factory

LITERATURE

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

Hill, Mark. Hi Sklo Lo Sklo: Post War Czech Glass Design from Masterpiece to Mass-produced, 2008, 148pp

LOGISTICS

* Shipping costs are R80 via SA Post Office (tracked), R150 via Postnet and R225 via courier.

* Vintage glass with possible age-related and minor/insignificant indications of wear/scratches/fleabites on the base; overall in excellent condition.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* Discover the dazzling, magical world of 20th century sculptural Murano & Czech art glass!

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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.

* 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, Whitefriars or Lalique studio glass). I personally handpicked & imported this beauty for my private collection from the Czech Republic.

* Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill, Jindrich Parik and the Vychodoceske Museum for their invaluable archival and reference material. S