Gigantic and absolutely magnificent Skrdlovice paperweight designed by Rudolf Beranek in 1971

* VERIFIED SELLER SINCE 2009 * > 120,000 100% POSITIVE TRANSACTIONS * BUY WITH COMPLETE PEACE OF MIND *

Discover the dazzling & magical world of superbly beautiful hand-made Czech art glass from the 1950s to 1990s with this link:

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/1252633/Bookfinder

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT ITEM 

LEGENDARY DESIGN : HEAVY ŠKRDLOVICÉ PAPERWEIGHT, DESIGNED BY RUDOLF BERANEK IN 1971

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!

FROM THE ORIGINAL BERANEK CATALOGUE

FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN CATALOGUE 

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 collectIble by the day.

- Model : 7105 (see archival and design images above)

- Diameter : 130 mm

- Weight : 3,658 kg

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

* Shipping costs are R140 via Postnet.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* Beranek Glass 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.

* 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 requires a new home.

* Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill and Jindrich Parik for their invaluable archival and reference material. XKO5B