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Posted 11 months ago
Alfredo
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This is one of my favorite Kralik Tango pieces, but only 7.5" tall. I bought it because of both shape and color. And usefulness. In my view, decorative purpose must never take precedence over usefulness (Right, and look at my Loetz!!!!). Any vase going from a bulbous bottom up to a narrow top is useless for flowers. Notice the nicely polished pontil AND the "Czechoslovakia" mark.
I am saving one picture on purpose, for I also have this vase in apple green, 12" tall. I always thought I'd part with it as soon as I found another, same size, in any color but green. Now that I have my glass Ark's "two of a kind", I might keep them together!
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Al; who uses Loetz vases for flowers anyway? But I agree; often designers add "decoration" with no fuctionality, and it tends to become a Victorian nightmare more than a beautiful and useful item. Frilly glass is also fragile, so they (the designers) aren't helping anyone, really. Simple lines with top-notch decoration; a classic formula! Works for me! And yes, they could actually make the item useful for its' intended purpose; that's logical.
I do! I once walked into a florist with a priceless Silberband and asked her to "fill her up". She almost had a heart attack! The point is we treat glass the way we dot even treat people, demanding "market perfection", which not an aesthetic concern at all.