* A BEAUTY! A POST-WAR CZECH ART GLASS VASE (PRESSED GLASS) DESIGNED BY RUDOLF SCHROTTER FOR ROSICE

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A POST-WAR CZECH ART GLASS 'LENS' VASE (PRESSED GLASS) DESIGNED BY RUDOLF SCHROTTER FOR ROSICE IN 1955

Considering the early date, this is a highly progressive design and still appears modern over 50 years later. As well as having a practical form, the optical effect created by the concentric ovals is stunning. This design was a commercial success at the time and had a long production run. (Mark Hill, 'Lo Sklo Hi Sklo', page 97).

THIS BID IS FOR THE BLUE VASE (ON THE LEFT)

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR THE OTHER TWO VASES

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!

With armies of collectors internationally now snapping up 20th Century Czech art glass, these high quality items with their groundbreaking designs are becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

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- Design : 1955

- Pattern number : 910

DIMENSIONS

- Approx 150 mm high

- Weight : 664 g

- Excellent vintage condition with insignificant signs of wear; near perfect.

CZECH GLASS

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.

POSTAGE

* Shipping costs are R100 via Postnet.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* Please do have a look at my other 100+ Czech art glass items on offer : simply click on 'Bookfinder' (top right of this screen).

PLEASE NOTE 

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 imported this beauty directly from the Czech Republic for my own private collection.

* Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill and Jindrich Parik for their invaluable archival and reference material. XKO2B