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Posted 5 years ago
NevB
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This is a 17cm. "rocket" vase I bought yesterday. The consensus is that it's "possibly" made by the Czech factory Rosice but I can't confirm this as I've not been able to find a catalogue image. Very Art Deco from the 1930's.
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Hi! I am 100% sure where this vase comes from. It is not a Czech Bohemian glass, but you were close when it comes to the identification of its origin.
I live in Poland (north from the Czech Republic) and I've recently become interested in Polish glass designed during Art Deco era (approx. 1920s and 30s).
I've just checked it in a book on this topic: this vase was made in Poland, sometime around 1930 (the exact year hasn't been mentioned). The book's titled "Szk?o i ceramika art deco", which means "Art deco glass and ceramics", and it is hard to get even here in Poland, as it was published in a relatively small number of copies by a museum. Such a vase is included in the glass collection of Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, a city in Poland - the one they have is in a different color than yours (a hue of pink, called rosalin glass).
Unfortunately, so far it hasn't been identified which Polish glasswork made it.
However, in the same book that I mentioned, there's a similar three-legged vase, also made sometime around 1930. In the description of this design there's information that there's one more very similar vase in the museum's collection, and that one appeared in 1935 catalogue of the Polish glasswork called Niemen. So the vase you own might have been created in Niemen glasswork, but this is only my speculation, not a confirmed fact. But it is definitely an item made in Poland sometime around 1930.
Hello Agnaart, thanks for the information. Can the vase in the museum definitely be identified as being made in Poland ? It may have been imported. There are many similar vases online and they are mostly identified as "probably" made by Rosice but this is not definite. I have seen one posted on this website which apparently appears in the 1958 Rosice catalogue but there was no image of the catalogue and I cannot now find the post. It would be interesting if you could post photos of any images you have from the book and museum. Regards Nev.
I posted a similar Art Deco vase about nine months ago and it too was identified as "probably" by Rosice. I collect uranium/Vaseline glass (mostly green) and I now have over 300 individual pieces.
I've posted three photos related to this vase design on my account. They show the image of the item, its description and the cover of the book.
As can be seen at the bottom of the second photo, the vase has its specific number in Stalowa Wola Regional Museum collection - MRS/H/1447.
The book is in fact a detailed catalogue of a large collection of Art Deco glass and ceramics gathered by the museum and shown in the exhibition.
From my point of view it can be considered as a reliable source of knowledge that allows to identify this vase as a product of Polish glassworks made in approx. 1930.
As far as Glass Museums in Eastern Europe being reliable sources of information, it is not a fact that they are, because of the manner that Museums acquire their pieces can be in several ways.
A direct purchase from an identified producer made at an International Exibition for instance, which is then a sure attribution. A donation by a collector or other holder of Museum quality items with a statement of identification, which is not necessarily accurate. No description statement at all of items except for the estate's name of the family which leaves the museum the task of identification, again not necesssarily accurate.
Most museums are reasonably accurate. Most museums do not just take the word of a donor, unless they are familiar with and trust the research work of the donor. The purpose of a curator, which museums employ, is to make sure through research (as much as is possible) that the attributions for items held in their collection are accurate. All museums have errors, but they generally consist of a very small percentage of the holdings.
A good example of a known W. Kralik & Sons Fan Vase shape and decor, attributed to Steinwald, by a museum's wealthy patron and estate donation in Texas, USA.
https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/104411?returnUrl=%2Fart%2Fsearch%3Fnationality%3DCzech
Thanks truthordare and welzebub, having looked at agnaar's post and to be fair to the museum they have only said that the vase was made in Poland about 1935 and have not put a definite attribution to a manufacturer. I still think it's probably Czech but reserve judgement on the maker.
Perhaps Marcus Newhall's book/cd on the Sklo Union might help.