Posted 7 years ago
jericho
(236 items)
The Czechs were fantastic glass craftsman, you can see this in their use of color, shape and decor. In this post you can see a playful use of reversing a mold to create another design entirely. In fact, I have had the picture of worm shape vase for a long and didn't realize that it matched the tripod version for a long time. in the second example you can see these vases were not created by a half-mold shape but a fully closing mold. The pieces are enhanced by the compression of the mold; this technique creates texture and light refraction too.
All four example are Franz Welz made between 1920-30
smashing pieces delightfully coloured love the first piccy has everything going for the piece !!!!!!!! thanks for sharing Jericho
Another great post, thank you! I suspect the mould for the second example may have been in existence somewhat earlier if this example is anything to go by. I knew I'd seen that texture and ribbing somewhere before.......
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/202784-bohemian-welz-vase
Fab observation, interesting and is it just me, but funny too!
We are all going to be looking for similar in our collections!
I love this post. They were so enterprising!! I remember seeing a similar comparison between CW members of a stepped vase some years ago (can't find it now). It awakened my curiosity but I've never seen further examples until now. Thanks.
Just Magical, and magistral at the same time, great find... :-D
Regards
Alan
Fun right? The observation was made by a fellow collector and dealer of czech glass
This is my only likely "upside down mould" piece: as yet, I don't have a shape that proves that: the one on far right.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/155198-welz-quartet-including-candy-cane-and-ho