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* VERY BEAUTIFUL AND RARE CZECH ART GLASS BOWL DESIGNED BY HANA MACHOVSKA FOR MSTISOV 1960s

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE BOWL WITH GREEN, BLUE AND AMBER HUES COMBINED WITH TRANSPARENT GLASS, DESIGNED BY HANA MACHOVSKA FOR MSTISOV IN THE EARLY 1960s

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!

This classic and elegant magnificent bowl was designed by Hana Machovská in late 1960 or early 1961 for Mstišov glassworks.

>> A MOST BEAUTIFUL ITEM! Please scroll down for images <<

- Dimensions :  approx 280 x 170 mm wide

- Height : approx 85 mm high

- Weight :  1,410 kg

- Vintage condition : good condition with the usual minor age-related signs of wear and surface marks

- It could be used as a bowl or an ashtray. (If used as an ashtray, it would most certainly be any cigar smoker's dream come true!)

LITERATURE

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

- Czechoslovak Glass Review 1964-8

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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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* Discover the dazzling, magical world of 20th century sculptural Murano & Czech art glass!

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* 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 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.

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

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