* A MAGNIFICENT, MOST ELEGANT 1955 CZECH ART GLASS BOWL DESIGNED BY FRANTISEK ZEMEK FOR SKRDLOVICE

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

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A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY : MAGNIFICENT FOUR-FOOTED CZECH ART GLASS BOWL

A MOST WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF AZURE BLUE AND GENTLE SHADES OF CITRINE, COPPER AND SIENNA COMBINED WITH TRANSPARENT GLASS, DESIGNED BY THE FAMOUS FRANTISEK ZEMEK FOR SKRDLOVICE IN 1955

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!

- Pattern : 5594 / Width : 240 mm / Height : 115 mm / Weight :1,640 kg

- Excellent vintage condition with minor age-related surface scratches and indications of wear at the base; handmade and therefore some tool marks (see fourth and fifth images for 'black spot')

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

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.

* Shipping costs (South Africa) are R140 via Postnet.

* 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, 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. XKO5B