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    Posted 12 years ago

    austrohung…
    (584 items)

    And here you have the third design: OSLO!

    In this case Ricard designed also a cigarette-box and for the first time used steel in his ashtrays designs.

    The shape of the OSLO ashtray is in fact the same of that of the COPENHAGUE one: same height, same diameter, same size for the cigarette opening... although in this case there is no elevated platform in the center nor deep ash-container... this is of course a more elegant ashtray that's to be on a table or desk.

    As for the cigarette-box, the design cannot be simpler: a mere cylinder in which the lid has been made in steel.

    At some time in the late 60s or early 70s, Flamagás made a special edition in mbero wood instead of plastic (mbero is a sort of a (much) lesser quality mahogany that grows in Ecuatorial Guinea, what at the time was a Spanish province, so whereas in the whole of Europe they used teak, we used mbero) and added a lighter previously designed by Ricard, the MENHIR, to create a sophisticated smoking set that would make an excellent refined present... and that's how my parents got theirs (which is mine now, of course).

    Ther is a third version of Oslo, this time made in polycarbonate plastic (the original ones being made in melamine), which is a much more fragile kind of plastic (melamine was advertised at the time as "the unbreakabe plastic").

    As much as they are absolutely nice, I don't think they're as good designs as COPENHAGUE and STOCKHOLM.

    Ricard created fout more ashtrays for Flamagás untill 1970/1972. This time three of them were called after Spanish places (BARCELONA; MALLORCA and TOSSA) and a fourth one was called the very worldly and sophisticated name of COCKTAIL...

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    Comments

    1. AmberRose AmberRose, 12 years ago
      They look great! Glad you are posting again cutie!
    2. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      Thanks Amber and Bellin! I'm happy I can also share this colection with you;)
    3. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      but do you still have room on your table??? hahaha
    4. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      Thanks Hunter, miKKoChristmas11, vetraio50, mustangtony, BELLIN68 and
      AmberRose for your loves!!!
    5. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      I know... This is more the kind of stuff you find in fleamarkets. Spanish design in the 1960s didn't usually reach other countries.
    6. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      And I wil let you know if I run into any of them!
    7. gingerakesler gingerakesler, 12 years ago
      Fabulous...simply fabulous!
    8. gingerakesler gingerakesler, 12 years ago
      Yep...thank you, I have visited both of those sites, however there is no mention of BLACK repos...also, there are some sales on worthpoint (which I realize online auctions/sellers do not always accurately describe or id their items) for black ones made by Fenton.
    9. gingerakesler gingerakesler, 12 years ago
      whoops...totally wrong thread...so sorry...
    10. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 12 years ago
      hahaha, don't worry, ginger! LOL

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