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Wilhelm Kralik, an employee of the Harrach glass works in Neuwelt, Bohemia, was granted a British patent on October 25, 1880 for a method of "ornamenting glass articles". The last photo is a scan from the book
Abridgments of Specifications
Class 52,
Furniture and Upholstery
Period-A.D. 1877-83.
London:
Patent Office Sale Branch
38, Curator Street, Chancery Lane, E.C.
1893
This volume is in the public domain, and is available as a free e-book on Google Books.
It is interesting that the patent was filed in England - Harrach produced a wide range of products for the English market in the Victorian era, so it does make sense.
Bohemian Art GlassBohemian art glass was made in and around the present-day Czech Republic du…
VERY BEAUTIFUL :) STUNNING :)
For anyone wondering who C.N. Blumberg was - he was a barrister- also courtesy of Google E-Books:
The Law Times
August 15, 1868
MARRIAGES.
Blumberg-Roworth. - On the 5th inst., at Christ Church, Brockham, C.N. Blumberg, Esq., barrister-at-law, of the Inner Temple, to Mary Elizabeth Roworth, youngest daughter of Charles Roworth, Esq., of Brockham House, Brockham, Surrey.
Thanks for sharing that info on the patents Records.
Thanks too for this great vase.
The name 'peleton' really is quite descriptive, too!
Nice piece Warren!
I've been picking up Harrach Peloton glass for a while, and need add them to an update on this bit I put up some time ago:
http://glasscollector.net/Peloton/HarrachPeloton.html
Wow, I must find one of those!
Gorgeous!!
Great info, Warren. Where do you get all that usufull info? Great piece, thanks.
I want one!!!