Posted 11 years ago
vetraio50
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Three years ago Alfredo Villanueva posted information about these Kralik Floriform Blossoms here on CW. He included pictures and text from the 1900 Butler Brothers Catalogue: “Stem and open blossom pattern. Crystal glass in combination of beautiful tints and colors, such as shaded green and crystal and shaded ruby and crystal in fantastic floral shapes with open petals and leaf feet and long stem Height about 7 – inch. 1/6 doz in pkg., assorted ……… 4.20”.
Last Sunday I was able to pick up one of these here in Sydney as an example of a stemmed opalescent blossom shaded to green with tooled feet that react vividly to black light even in daylight.
The blossom dates to 1900 and was made by a firm called Wilhelm Kralik Sohn in the Czech Sumava region at a factory known as Eleonorahain (aka Lenora).
Wilhelm Kralik Sohn was a company set up after Wilhelm’s death in 1877 by two of Wilhelm’s sons Heinrich and Jan. In 1882 Heinrich became sole owner of the Glashütten Ernstbrunn and Eleonorenhain and brought them together under the name of "Wilhelm Kralik Sohn"... a tribute to his late father. Heinrich was joined by his cousin, Wilhelm Mathias Kralik the head of the Novy Svet glassworks at that time. He arrived in Sumava with many of his co-workers from Harrachov. Wilhelm Mathias Kralik as the new business director "dramatically changed the production range of the glassworks, which hitherto mainly focused on sheet glass: the main orientation was producing the fashionable smelt-decorated glass with naturalist motifs, thus meeting the demand of European customers. This guaranteed the sales in many European countries.
The Lenora decorated glass was initially very close to the Harrachov examples mainly by its subdued and dark shades of olive green, brown and topaz. These patterns usually were naturalist decorations in the form of foliage and flowers and small insects, but also snakes and lizards. The Lenor glassworks, however, found its unique artistic expression over the time, based on specific décors as flat pressed flowers with striking color contrasts and symmetrical arrangements. Lenora moreover produced a wide scale of smelt-decorated vases and jardinières, decorative table objects in the form of flowers and petal-shaped lampshades. The glassworks experienced its highest prime during the 1890s, and many characteristic patterns and décors of the smelted-decorated glass were produced as long as until the 1920s, some of them even during the 1940s. After the Second World War which heavily affected the glassworks, the company was nationalized and became part of the enterprise Bohemian Crystal Glassworks [Sklarny Cesky kristal].”
http://www.prague-art.cz/catalogue/producers/42-wilhelm-kralik-sohn/
Fabulous photos!...I am waiting for the day I find one of this...Beautiful!...:-)
stunning and very very beautiful:)
Many thanks inky and to you too Sean!
OMG...really beautiful!!!
Many thanks MSL!
your very welcome KevinG:)
Beautiful flower!
scott
A link to czechman's ruby bloom:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/75071-gorgeous-kralik-art-glass-floriform-bud
Many thanks czechman and to you too scottV!
Many thanks to Charlie, Leah, dasullywon, mustangT and to you too cogito!
Many thanks Phil!
Many thanks to the Moirs and mikelV too!
She's gorgeous vet !!!
Many thanks Hedge! I could not resist it!
Well done you, Alfredo. Remember that one from Sydney many years ago?
Many thanks Amber!
As always vetraio -a very informative bit of history to go with this little beauty!:)
Many thanks Justanovice, Jayhow, musikChoo and to you too Tonino!
Beautiful !***
Congrats on your find. Hope to see a whole bouquet!!
Bloomin beaut example ... beware flowers have a habit of multiplying!
Many thanks everyone: freiheit, Manikin, gargoyleC, purpledog, smiata, walksoftly, Misglass, GreatSnowyOwl, marty and Don! It ticks so many buttons! It's only the third one I have ever come across in the wild.
Many thanks TedStraub!
Many thanks Mac63!
Fantastic! I never knew they used uranium glass but it make sense.
Beautiful!
I am a fellow teacher in the arts.
Many thanks MSL and Fledermaus too!
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your collection Fledermaus!
Beautiful I was also just looking through your side bar what fantastic pieces you have. Not that it really matters who else likes as long as you & your partner do.
Many thanks Zowie!
Hello Leah I just started to follow you on pinterest)
Thanks Sean, Charlie and Leah.
Hello Leah , your very welcome :) they are all very very beautiful just like Kevin's and Gary's :) that is a huge grouping:)
Ur welcome Kevin :)
My eyes found this and were immediately drawn-in by how the glass seems lit from within somehow. I read on, and (AHA!) Blacklight! This is a treasure for sure. (I love looking through your galleries. You have such fantastic pieces, and I learn a ton from you!)
Many thanks for your kind comments, otiamaria!
By the way, I found another little piece today with uranium leaves on the foot. Different form.
Many thanks eye4Beauty. I think my new one is English. A tulip shape, vaseline and uranium.
V50 gorgeous! I have a little one that I'm not sure of the maker either. A lot smaller than the usual flowers.
Many thanks Slave to the G!
I think the new one is by Richardson's.
I'll take a pic and post when I can. Size is a very noticeable difference and maybe a lot 'neater' in the making.
Look forward to seeing it!
Many thanks petey!
So well done.
Many thanks Tonino!
I apologise for a belated thanks to you too Thoscahaba!
Many thanks Deanteaks and tombraider too!
many thanks TOM61375!
Many thanks VintageFran!
Many thanks AGRAM!
Many thanks MICHELLEB007!
Many thanks ALDO78!
Youa are most welcome Vetraio:):)
Love the piece, and the excellent basis of information posted along with it!
Many thanks for the love and kind comment SHAWNL86!
Many thanks CRAZYMUNKEE!
Many thanks CATSNSTUFF & PICKRKNOWS!
Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE!
Many thanks RARA 'n ANTIQUEROSE!
Many thanks VINTAGEFRAN!
I'm glad to here you have been soooo lucky it is fantastic I do love this sort of item
Many thanks ZOWIE!
I will have the pleasure of having one or two maybe one day myself with some luck. Have to go to town today so I better get a move on so far since 4am the time has been changed twice so who knows it could get earlier.
So are you on AEST now or not? Is this an April Fool? Have a great day!
Many thanks BOHEMIANCRAZY!
Many thanks AGHCOLLECT !!!!!!!
Very nice!
Many thanks COLLECTIBLESUNLIMITED.
My apologies for the late thanks ...
And thanks too to INDROZDENKO, GLASSLOVE, KIVATINITZ & SCOTTVEZ !!!!!!!
Beautiful......
Many thanks SKLO42 !!!!!
Many thanks JOHANNB !!!!!!!
does anyone have a copy of the book they would like to pass on please as I wish to read....thank you Anne xxx
Which book ANNE ??
Many thanks ANNELANDERS, ANTIQUEROSE & AURA too !!!!!!
Many thanks RADEGRUNDER !!!! !!!!
Many thanks NICEFICE !!!!!
Many thanks PEBBLE !!! ! !!!
These are my absolute favourite floriforms. So hard to come by, probably because they are so beautiful that people want to keep them. This one is gorgeous!
Many thanks. EMMELELLE !!!
This one I do still have !!!!
Nice recycling - newer participants, like myself, may not have seen this and it's really pretty.
Many thanks BEYEMVEY & ARTFOOT !!!!
Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME !!! ! !!!
Many thanks TAHITI !!!!
Many thanks THOMAS & VIKINGGIRL !!!!
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Many thanks DLPETERSEN !!!!!!
Many thanks RADEGRUNDER & NICEFICE !.!.!.!.!.!
Many thanks MALKEY !.!.!!.!.!
Many thanks VCAL & NEWFLD !!!!!
Many thanks MANIKIN & ELAINEP !!!!