Posted 11 years ago
VioletOrange
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I titled this post "Snakes, Serpents, Corded or Coils" because I have seen similar applications called all of these. As usual for me, this post is less of a "Show and Tell" and more of a "Show and Someone Tell Me".
On the first three vases the "serpents" have heads that looks more like Platipus bills, while the fourth example is more like a coil or cord, not much like a "snake" at all.
#1 - Kralik (semi-circular mark) fan vase, 6.75 inches tall by 8.50 inches widest. White opaque glass with red transparent snake.
#2 - Welz attribution, two line "Made in Czechoslovakia" provenance mark, 8 inches tall, orange & white "variegated" decor, black applied rim and black snake.
#3 - I don't know the maker, called "granite glass" in Truitt's Bohemian Glass, Vol. II (see page 65) , unmarked, 7 inches tall, opaque orange-red glass covered with these very small multi-colored "melted specs", slightly iridescent I think, orange-red opaque snake.
#4 - I don't know the maker, unmarked, 10 inches tall, inner layer of clear glass with an outer layer of multi-colored "spatter glass", slightly iridescent I think, blue snake.
Attached is a fifth photo of a vase with transparent green coils, unmarked. I am unsure it is Czech.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g394/violetorange/snake-green_zps129d9f88.jpg
Thanks Alfredo
Love them all especially the third one...:-)
czechman and inky,
Thanks for your nice comments. Someday we should have a serpent vase "beauty contest". I like #3 also but, from what I've seen, Alfredo's RINDSKOPF PINK MARTELE SERPENT VASE is my favorite:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/42450-rindskopf-pink-martele-serpent-vase
Thank you Alfredo, ozmarty, manddmoir, madforglass.es, Moonstonelover21, vetraio50
Thanks everyone
Lovely VioletOrange, i do love these vases & great photos too.
Can i show off my serpent vase to you:)
Excuse the photos, i should get around to taking some better ones.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/104464-schachtenbach-vase-white-alabaster-glas
They're all lovely but if i had to choose, I think my favorite here would be the first one:)
Thanks fran,
When I saw yours, before I read the post, I saidto myself "love the corset shape and perfect color on the snake to go with the alabaster/white". You got it just right, imho