Posted 12 years ago
vetraio50
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Tuesday mornings here in Sydney is when I head south on a trip where I know there will be fresh pickings! A couple of months ago I saw this vase in the window and did not resist the temptation to take it home. The price was right and the colour combination interested me. Pink and blue were a personal thing at the time.
I knew that it was a design of the Josef Michael Hospodka (* 01.21 1923 + 08.01 1989) for the Chribska glass firm. Hospodka was born in Svihov and was educated at the State School for Graphic Arts in Prague from 1938- 1940. He became a pupil of prof. J Holocek at the Academy of the Arts during the period 1940 - 1945. Afterwards he became a teacher at the glass school in Novy Bor where he headed glass cutting techniques section. He also worked at Chribska doing coaching classes in moulded glass. In 1956 Chribska opened a new glass furnace and got involved in new glass production techniques. In 1958 Hospodka became the head designer of Borske Sklo and later became a director of that great firm. From 1970 until 1985 he was the Director of the Glass School in Kamenicky Senov and up until the time of his death was designing freelance for Crystalex Novy Bor.
These vases are not to everyone's taste these days but the form is ubiquitous and that tells you of its popularity at the time. It is a weighty item: 2.1 kg or 4.65 lbs!
This is an unusual colour combination. The sommerso is a plum colour and the ground is blue all over. It retains its original sticker. I think it is an earlier version of the design. The company has many later catalogues on the net with the same shape but not this colour way. These extensive catalogues are all from later productions of the design.
H: 22 cm tall or 8.7"
W: 12 cm or 4. 7"
I admit that I had to smile recently when cobaltcobolt referred to these Chribska pieces as being 'kitsch'.
STUNNING!
love the design and color as well very very beautiful!!!! stunning:)
Many thanks Phil, MoonstoneL, SEAN, LOUMANAL & charcoal too!
your very welcome Kevin!!!!
Not feeling that kitsch either :))
happy birthday to your mother Kevin:) !!!!
Many thanks Sean, Geno, Amber, bratjdd, czechman, mustangT, AmberRose, nldionne and Manikin too!
Many thanks Alfredo, the Moirs, Don and Ted Straub too!
Very elegant ! Amazing color and design.
Many thanks mikelv! He worked with the optics of these moulded pieces. The colour effects are quite amazing. The best photos I've seen on the net for his pieces exploit the optical distortions here:
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/hospodka/Interesting
This guys photos are amazing!
He understands the potential of Hospoka's designs!
absolutely beautiful kev -- agree who could possibly resist this beautiful piece -- have a great week and travel safe
They remind me of jellyfishes. My first impulse is to swim away. But you are right, the pictures to which you set a link are amazing and they make me understand the fascination of these objects.
Great colourway vetraio, I love Hospodka too and have a couple more in my collection, will get and post fairly soon!
Many thanks epson, Justanovice, LeahG!, freiheit, Gargoyle, epson, Geno and to you too cobaltcobold! I know exactly what you mean about jellyfish, cobalt. I actually prefer Emanuel Beranek's pieces ..... but Hospodka did do some classics for Chribska.
Many thanks Leah and to you too ks85!
Many thanks Marty!
Alfredo this is a CHRIBSKA - JOSEF HOSPODKA (1923 - 1989):) or did you look at the wrong on ebay Alfredo?
I'm quite happy with a 'like' any time, SEAN!
im in LOVE WITH THIS Kevin :) BIG TIME!!! ITS A STUNNER!!!
IM SAYING ITS MORE THAN A LIKE, if others are starting to follow you and now buying this glass :) its a new trend buddy I wished I had the money to buy one myself , you did great on this one buddy no doubt about!!!!
Many thanks GreatSnowyOwl!
Many thanks jack and to you too JayHow!
I'll have a look at that vase again.
By the way .......
Note the number on the label 1414!
That is the year that the firm was founded.
Next year will be the six hundredth year since its foundation.
Jay have you seen this page?
It has a list of catalogues from Chribska.
I'm going through them now too!
Many eyes!
http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/glass_catalogues/glass_catalogues.htm
I think that you will find this piece on page 21 of that catalogue but in a different colour way. There are other pieces on page 22 from the same range of 'pull ups' that remind me of the Tango pieces.
Thankyou Kevin for sharing that link and the info as well love the book and Pictures.
Many thanks SEAN and to you too inky!
How's the weather today?
Sunny and cold...with the Mountain bathed in sunshine and snow lower than it has been for years and looking glorious!..
We have the French and All Blacks in town, All Blacks are hoping for a white wash..:-).. 2-3 up!. a big the buzz everywhere you go!...:-)
Sorry! I meant to say 3-0...it is at the moment 2-0...:-)
Good Luck in New Plymouth! Not that you need it!
It's les Bleus who need that!
Have you seen the photos of the new Dieux du Stade Calendar?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2251578/Allo-ladies-The-cr-la-cr-French-rugby-strip-stylishly-sexy-2013-calendar.html
Sacre bleu!!!!!!!!!!!!!...:-))))))))))))))))))
Ki tonu taku waka topaki i te tuna!
Kia ora!
Kia waimarie!
Got me stumped on this one....:-/
No wonder! It means: My hovercraft is full of eels.
Bad attempt at a joke.
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/maori.php
LOL : )
Many thanks charoal and bratjdd!
Many thanks kerry10456!
Very Welcome V50
V, I got your tea cup packed but just couldn't get to the post office before we leave on vacation. Sorry, best of intentions but work got insane!
Hi Amber! Thanks yet again. I'm holding back with yours at the moment too! Have a great holiday! It's freezing here!
Many thanks smiata!
Many thanks dasullywon!
Many thanks donnaj!
Many thanks petey and MattyG too!
Going through my "Stuff", I found a Cranberry and Orange Hospodka like yours....glad I followed your uploads......will upload it to my site tomorrow, RER (BOB)
Looking forward to it Loumanal!
Manythanks to you MSLjr!
Many thanks Manikin!
Many thanks Tonino!
Hi Kevin we have a problem I got your message with Email address so I hope you received other message. I have sent a couple of Emails but now they tell me you don't exist, which we know is bull because I have posted to you before from here. Anyway your Email I found in junk which I have made it plan it's not junk & had it sent back. I let Telstar know not impressed as it has happened before when sending to another company or coming from. So sorry can you resend to my Email address so I can recheck & answer from that & see what happens. I also told them if they keep it up will go elsewhere myself. I will not reprint your Email here to check I'll wait from you & again sorry it took until today to receive message as certain times of day & weekends it just goes so slow I have to get off. I hope your buying spree goes well.
Hi Zowie! I sent you an email. Did you get it?
Many thanks Loumanal and Zowie too!
I did & still working on trying to get to second one from my site I only see to at a time & as you know your two were not straight next to each other. Did you get the Email I sent not long ago.
Many thanks Zowie and to you too DrFluffy!
Many thanks AIMATHENA, I'm KEV!
Many thanks NORDICMAN!
Many thanks BOBOGAL & MANIKIN too!
Many thanks AGHCOLLECT, VINTAGEFRAN 'n RACER4four!
Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE!
Just got a link to this one again & I still think it's great.
Thanks Zowie! Survived the hurricane?
We never ended up with one just heaps of rain. I hope it eases off a bit for shopping & I think visiting the mother in-law today
Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE!
Many thanks VINTAGEFRAN!
Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE!
Many thanks KAREN 'n NUTSABOTAS 'n ELISABETHAN too!
Many thanks WKSGIBSON 'n ANTIQUEROSE!
A very tactile piece.
Love it!
Many thanks CPOMEDX 'n LOVEYARDSALES too!!!
Many thanks SKLO42 !!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks SOUTHCOP!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks MELANIEJ !!!!!!!!!
Many thanks BOHEMIAN VINTAGE !!!!!!
Many thanks ATTWOOD !!!!!!!!
Many thanks MELANIEJ !!!!!!!!
Many thanks AURA !!!!!
Many thanks NICEFICE !!!!!
Many thanks WINDWALKER !!! !!!! !!!
Many thanks WINDWALKER !!! !!!! !!!
Many thanks THOMAS !!! ! !!!
I have a similar vase but clear glass
Many thanks BARRANCECOLLECTABLES !!!! I thnk they came in a great variety of colour combos and clear. I have a very tiny pink and clear version.
Many thanks RADEGRUNDER !!!! !!!!
Many thanks PICKABOO, AUTOPINBACK, IVAN, ANTIQUEROSE & SHAREURPASSION !!! ! !!!
Many thanks NEWFLD & TAHITI1 !!.!!.!!
Many thanks JERRYBOY !.!!.!.!!.
Many thanks BRACKEN3 !.!!!.!
Many thanks VCAL &. WoW !!!!!
Many thanks NEWFLD !!!!
Many thanks LOVEYARDSALES !!!!!