Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
VERIFIED SELLER; 100% POSITIVE RATINGS : BUY WITH 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
A MOST ELEGANT HALLMARK AND ICON OF MID 20TH CENTURY CZECH ART GLASS:
A FAVOURITE! BLUE, AMBER AND ORANGE MSTIŠOV GLASSWORKS VASE, DESIGNED BY HANA MACHOVSKA
This classic, elegant (and widely published) hallmark of mid-20th century Czech glass was designed by Hana Machovská in late 1960 or early 1961 for Mstišov glassworks. This asymmetric, curving and organic vase was deemed the most important design of her ‘Romana’ range and was first profiled in the state trade publication Czechoslovak Glass review in May 1961. Production of the ‘Romana’ range at the Mstišov glassworks at Teplice was discontinued in 1964 when the land was needed for the expanding coal industry, leading to staff, designs and production being transferred to Moser in Karlovy Vary and the Mstišov factory closing.
- Pattern 53656
- Height : 154 mm
- Weight : 503 g
- Overall in very good vintage condition with insignificant, minor age-related indications of wear at the bottom; some water marks - priced accordingly
- A vase from this range sold for R5,372.10 on 2 March 2016 at Stephan Welz & Co (lot 706).
LITERATURE
- Hill, Mark. Hi Sklo Lo Sklo: Post War Czech Glass Design from Masterpiece to Mass-produced, 2008, 148pp. Reproduced on page 53 as well as the back cover of the book.
* Shipping costs are R100 via Postnet.
* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!
* You may find some of my other listings of interest; simply click on 'All Items' to view 300+ dazzling items.
* 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. XKOSI LAAI