* MODERN COBALT BLUE & EMERALD GREEN CZECH ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY LADISLAV PALECEK IN 1977

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A MODERN COBALT BLUE, EMERALD GREEN & TRANSPARENT CZECH ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY LADISLAV PALECEK FOR SKRDLOVICE GLASS WORKS IN 1977

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!

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‘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 with groundbreaking designs is becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

- Model : 7719 (interesting to note incorrect attribution to Frantisek Spinar in GLR 1979-1-21; see image at the end)

* 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.

* The images provided form part of the description. 

* This magnificent item 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 for my own collection from the Czech Republic.

* Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill, Jindrich Parik and the Vychodoceske Museum for their invaluable archival and reference material.[1]