AN IMPORTANT DESIGN: SKRDLOVICE SCULPTURAL DISPLAY OBJECT #5906 DESIGNED BY EMANUEL BERANEK IN 1959

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AN IMPORTANT DESIGN : DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL ŠKRDLOVICÉ ART GLASS DISPLAY OBJECT / ORCHID VASE DESIGNED BY THE FAMOUS GLASS MASTER EMANUEL IN 1959, USING THE 'WET STICK' TECHNIQUE

PUBLISHED ON THE FRONT COVER OF MARK HILL'S BOOK 'LEGENDS OF CZECH GLASS' - A MOST ELEGANT VASE AND A SOPHISTICATED DECOR STATEMENT

This item is rare and this design is very hard to find. It was made using the 'wet stick' technique, invented by Emanuel Beranek ‘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 is becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

Pattern : 5906 : a vase with pulled lobes and organic freeform.

Height : 190 mm / Weight : 820 g / Produced by the Skrdlovice Glass factory

Excellent condition with minor age-related signs of wear on its base

Bevan-Jones, Robert and Parik, Jindrich (authors); Hill, Mark (general editor). Škrdlovice & Beránek: Legends of Czech Glass, 2014, 128 pp.

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The Beranek factory at the time of its closure in 2008.

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. Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill and Jindrich Parik for their invaluable archival and reference material. XKOGA1