XXL FAMOUS, MAGNIFICENT ICON OF CZECH ART GLASS, ELEGANT VASE DESIGNED BY HANA MACHOVSKA FOR MSTISOV

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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

AT 30cm AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE (THE NORM IS AROUND 21-23cm)

OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT IT IS HAS A FEW SURFACE SCRATCHES AND AGE-RELATED WEAR WITH CALCIUM MARKS THAT REQUIRE CLEANING UP : THEREFORE OFFERED AT A BARGAIN PRICE (AROUND 50% DISCOUNT)

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, 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 : 300 mm / Weight : 2,252 kg

- Vintage condition with age-related indications of wear i.e. some surface marks and scratches (see photographs) as well as faint calcium marks; priced accordingly and therefore quite a bargain!

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.

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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* 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). XKO4A