* 1950s TRANSPARENT CZECH ART GLASS CHRIBSKA VASE DESIGNED BY J HROBAR

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A MAGNIFICENT AND ORGANIC-SHAPED 1950s CHRIBSKA CZECH ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY J HROBAR.

AN EXTREMELY RARE DESIGN

A FANTASTIC DECOR STATEMENT!

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 from the Chribska Glass factory which has been in operation since 1414!!

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

MARK HILL'S COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RARE DESIGN

>> please scroll to the very end for images, including archival material <<

- Design : Probably late 1950s for the Chribska Glass factory

- Pattern : 377/6/19 (see copy of Chribska's 1999 catalogue towards the end)

- Height : around 170 mm

- Weight : 1,069 kg 

- Vintage glass with very minor/insignificant indications of wear : in excellent condition

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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.

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* Shipping costs (South Africa) are R100 via Postnet.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* Please do have a look at my other 300+ Czech art glass items on offer.

* Click on 'All Items' (to top right) to see my other items.

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, Whitefriars or Lalique studio glass). I personally sourced & imported this beauty 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. XKO4B