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Posted 9 years ago
Rick55
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This vase is the second part of the lot I purchased along with the green one I posted earlier. It has been identified as Kralik and has the arched "Czcchoslovakia" mark, but that's all I know. It stand a tad under 6" h. Any additional information would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Thanks for the kind comment and love Nice, and thanks for the love Bonnie and Aura!
Is it a common decor, and does it have a name?
It looks amazing and is unusual, like your other. I must say, in common with that, I immediately thought Welz, but with less certainty. The creamy colour is a possible, as are the red tadpoles. Let us all know where you are getting this stuff from as we are all wild for it!!!!!
Lol Ian... it's a secret! Just at auctions... Thanks for the great comment and love, and thanks for the love Lisa, BB2, and Craig, I appreciate it all!
Regarding décors and names, there are few Art Deco glass décors with names from Czechoslovakia - this would be one of the nameless!
I would see it as part of a continuum of Art Deco design using Art Nouveau features (applied tadpoles) in a new and abstract way - almost painterly. It is a very simple but highly manufactured vase.
I (but not everyone on here) (as we have our discussions) would call this Tango, even though it isn't orange. There are some great web links for this design movement in glass, which draws on the Art Nouveau. Like http://rover.rajce.idnes.cz/Tango_sklo/
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/145251-two-lemon-yellow-vases-with-applied-tadp
My two examples have "tadpoles" which are ever so slightly proud of the surface - not covered in another layer of glass.
Thanks for the love OGF and Swfin, it's always appreciated!
@Ian... The Tango link has some incredible glass! Also, I can see the similarity of the tadpoles on your lemon vases... very interesting... thanks!
@Lisa... Thanks so much! I appreciate the information, and at least I now know he has siblings lol. Rick
This vase is a great study piece, especially if one compares it to the two examples which Ian linked to which he has posted. Both of those shapes in Ian's post can be linked to Welz with specific Welz decors on several examples.
This decor is another great example of how in some cases we find décors which are quite similar by separate houses. In this case the primary difference, other than the shapes and a slight variation of the pull design, is the ground color and lining. The Welz examples have white as a lining color, where you example does not. There is also the Kralik mark on this example, and the presence of a different mark on the tall example of Ian's which is found on Welz production, but not used as a means of identification.
At a quick glance it would be easy to make an assumption the examples of yours and Ian's are by the same house, but they are not.
Thanks Craig. No, I didn't think they were from the same houses only because I didn't see any marking on the bases of his. I know that's not necessarily an indicator, but that's what I thought when I saw it. As always, thanks for the information Craig, I appreciate it!
very very beautiful!! love the color combo!!
Thanks Sean I appreciate your comment and love!
..... AND THE PIX ARE SO WELL DONE !!!!
Your very welcome Rick!!
Thanks for the love Kenneth!
@Kevin... Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it!
Oh wow, another beauty! Nice colors.
Ian, first up, Tango glass doesnt need to be orange. And I personally believe Tango glass is representative of a period of time that produced a selection of glass that honored and represented the Tango movement; the music, the clothing, the dance, the people, the TIMES..TANGO.
For me when I first started collecting I thought Tango glass was bright colours with black inlaid rims usually made from Amethyst glass and not black, for example on the vase rims. I started collecting for example Kralik Tango. But black still stands as the predominate rim colour. I would just imagine that it was easier and cheaper to develop an amethyst colour rather than a black.
Companies like Kralik developed a range when they made a decision about a new style and within that you get a variation of style, size and colour . The reason? So ppl like us want to buy the who damn lot. Or to cater for price sensitive clients (they might not be able to afford the 32 cm vase at $200 but can afford the 10cm posie vase say as an example for $20).
And to anyone, just because a vase doesnt have made in Czech, no matter what the spelling, doesn't mean it's not legit. In fact I'm now more suspicious of glass that does have it. lol
Finally, I understand the desire for several posters in here to have every Czech or colourful piece that we see put forward attributed as Welz or Loetz or whatever. I'm amazed at the amount of vases that are given Welz attribution. Just how many ranges and vases did this very small glass house produce? Has anyone started to produce a book of suspect style, meaning we suspect this to be Loetz or we suspect this to be Welz. I think once this is done, we can move on from the attribution consideration. And on the flip side of this, a company that traded I would have said 20 fold times that of Welz being say Kralik, what vases do you attribute to them? They must have made something? Surely? Like I say, once we get an Encyclopedia of Art Nouvea and Art Decor glass produced then we can celebrate the joy of such a production and hold up definitive samples of correct attributions.....yes, a life long project for some I'm sure but an awesome project to produce. We're all not getting any younger and if the legacy of many devoted collectors could be the production of a trusted resource for centuries ahead of generations of collectors, how fantastic would this be......?? What do we think?
btw, its a lovely vase, bowl, pot :)
@All> I am busted as a toddler!
@Anne> Couldn't agree more. I think that the understanding of tango has shifted over time - you know we share the passion! The unifying feature in my mind is strong block colours, rather like the ceramics of the period... I don't think even two strongly contrasting colours are needed although much pairs strong colours or hues with another. Like a child's painting of a vase, maybe? Very manufactured and high on design but not showing it.
Thanks for the kind words and love Scott, Anne and Ian (again), and thanks for the love Fort, Mike, Karen, Jem, Caper, Michelle, Silvia, Peggy and Bonnie, I appreciate your input!
Rick can we see a post of your bracelet in your CW picture. For my wife ?
Lol... Later this week I'll be taking some pics, and I'll try to do it then.