Posted 8 months ago
Alfredo
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I AM ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE PERSISTENCE OF SHAPES AND TECHNIQUES WITHIN KRALIK'S PRODUCTION, AS THESE PICTURES SHOW:
1. JUST ARRIVED FROM ENGLAND. 9.5", NO PONTIL. 6 UPRIGHT PETALS AND CURVED COBALT BLUE HANDLES.
2. A FLORIFORM SET. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLDER THAN THE OTHERS HAVING BEEN PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, THE OTHER, DECO EXPORT BETWEEN 1925-35.
3. JUST BOUGHT. FIVE CURVED PETALS ON A LIGHT GREEN BODY, MOST PTOBABLY URANIUM. DOCUMENTED IN THE BUTLER' BROTHERS 1900 CATALOG.
4. A BASKET SHOWING ANOTHER VARIATION OF THE PETAL SHAPE, FROM THE SAME CATALOG.
CORRECTION:
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLORIFORM IN THE THIRD PICTURE NO LONGER EXISTS: I HAD ASKED THE DEALER, AFTER TELLING HER WHAT IT WAS, TO DOUBLE BOX IT. SHE BROKE IT WHEN PACKING IT AND REFUNDED THE MONEY.
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Great pieces Alfredo
Gotta Love Kralik!!!!! :)
Hi Alfredo
... perhaps you should work on a slightly more anonymous "pseudonym" ... for shipping purposes ... how does "the masked avenger" sit ...
:-)
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I LIKE SANDOKAN MYSELF. I ADORED HIM AS A KID!
Great name !
Would certainly cause people to think twice ...
c/o The Tigers of Mompracem
South China Seas
... address and post code could be a problem ...