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Posted 6 months ago
czechman
(193 items)
Was begining to think this baby was lost..long story.. but i looked out my front door this eve and saw it had finally arrived..was lost for a bit.. YAY... I love this Kralik ball vase for many reasons.. the colors are FANTASTIC!.. and the applied sterling silver rim, along with a silver letter S on the front of the vase.. the interior is white, the spatter is red, green, blue, yellow and orange.. may be a few other colors but its really hard to see them all.. the outer layer of glass is a smokey colored crystal that gives the vase a deep dark richness.. i love all these factors about it!~
BUT~ what really got me all excited wasw the applied sterling silver letter S.. this piece is a Christmas gift to the love of my life going on 21 years now in march.. His last name is Sladecek ..(and yes he is Czech) and no, that has NOTHING to do with my love of Bohemian glass... just a coincident! but he has grown to love our czech glass collection..maybe not as much as me but thats ok ;).. i just thought how fantastic is that.. the letter S on the vase now stands for Sladecek..pretty COOL RIGHT?
i have no clue who it was intended for to begin with.. a Sladecek maybe? LOL... this piece stands 6 1/2" tall and 3" base 19" around mid section..
this piece is a tad bit larger than my other two Kralik ball vases and the rim is taller im in love with it :)
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My last name starts with "S" too, so I'll have to find the twin. Now THAT is a Kralik mark! Wonderful piece; I love the colors too. The flared mouth with the contrasting silver is marvelous. Excellent!
many thanks dasullywon!
Love the vase .... the story
thank you ozmarty :)
thank you famatta127
Nice... I have a matching large bowl. Great holiday colors!
Thanks Warren
Normally I am not a huge fan of this kind of glass. but there are a few lines that are gorgeous. this is one of definitely one of them!
gorgeous piece of glass! what a great gift!
thanks Alisa
thank you craig
FANTASTIC!!!! I know Mark loved the vase.... If not you can send to me! ;)
Great find, Gary!!!!
I am no fan of ball and fan vases (yes, I have several of each) because of the shelf space they occupy, but this is awesome!
Glorious. Of course, my last name starts with S too. Should he ever get bored, he can bring it over to London with him. Just a suggestion ...
stunning and very beautiful:) very cool posting :)
Wow! thanks sooo much everyone for the loves and wonderfull comments
Leah- yes he does love it and IF he ever grows tired of it, i will change my last name to Simpson or Sassy or somenthing with an S... LMAO!..
Alfredo, I adore the Ball vases.. i have a red and green with amethyst webb decor and i WANT AND NEED OTHER EXAMPLES... so ill take a few off your hands to free up some of your shelf space.. :)
Nicole, ill tell him you said so.... but, as i told leah, ill change my last name to something that starts with an S ;)
Sean, thank you so much :)
A BEAUT czechman! and another hopeful with the a surname beginning with 'S'!!
Wish my man was as thoughtful!!!:-) - but then again, he did give me that lovely Grand Father clock I posted recently, so I will let him off!!
thank you justanovice and Foewwhales
thanks charcoal
thanks for the loves macart and kyle
santa personalizes stuff sometimes
thank you jericho
thank you kerry