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Posted 6 months ago
Alfredo
(349 items)
It has not arrived yet, but I alreadyknow it is going to be part of my Xmas decor arrangement. Ruckl Coral shimmy, 11.75" tall, the "shimmies" (pulls) in bright red extend to the very edge of the vase, on a green aventurine background. One of the most spectacular vases I own.
The last photo is of a piece that has gone through several identifications. I bought it thinking it was Loetz. Both Harrach, Riedl and Ruckl used red and green together. My three Harrach pieces are gred with green aventurine and are enameled. So does my Riedl, but it has a characteristic Geometric shape. This Ruckl shows the trademark pulls. The bowl seems a solid undistinguishable dark color with red glass spots and green oventurine, all cased in clear. I tend towards Harrach on this one. Anyone, it will be added to my Xmas green/red glass theme.
By the way, a descendant of the Ruckl family, Jiri Ruckl, was able to obtain permission from the Czech government to buy back son of the shuttered factories, so as of 1993 Ruckl continues in production.
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Al, i thought you changed your mind on this and decidedit was Kralik?
Hey, I know my Ruckl!
oh i believ you al i just confused from yesterday from what you wrote on my piece like this but with yellow/greenish.. i thought you decided it was kralik... clearly i misunderstood
Beautiful form and colors!
Sorry - site isn't working well on comments yet.
IT'S BACK TO NORMAL!!!!!
Not sure how you dated the label to 1903? If you are referring to Alisa's CW posting, the Ruckl trademark from the posting is from Nizbor and was est. in 1903.
The Ruckle label above is from Vcelinicka, est. 1875.
Check out the Ruckl site to view the trademark... They have made modifications to the label, such as shape and added 24% Crystal and it's from Nizbor, not Vcelinicka which is where the label is from on the 12" Ruckl.
RÜCKL CRYSTAL a.s., is connected to a 300 year long tradition in glass making as a family. The glass making family Rückl came to Bohemia at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, most probably from what is now Switzerland. Leaving Italy they went through Switzerland and Bavaria into Šumava and then on into eastern and northern Bohemia. Records from 1704 show that Sebastian Rückl, an eminent glassblower, worked as a master glassmaker in Šumava near to Klášterský Mlýn at the "Zlatá studna" (Golden Well) smelter. The direct ancestors of the founder of the Nižbor glassworks settled in the Chrudim region and in 1846 Jan Rückl founded a glass smelter in the then Cyran?v Wostrov (the present Ostrava). His son, Antonín, then went on to build a glassworks in V?elni?ka near Jind?ich?v Hradec in 1875, in Skalice near ?eská Lípa in 1893 and his last and most modern construction was the glassworks built in Nižbor near Beroun in 1903.
http://www.ruckl.cz/en/ochranne-znamky.php
Alisa's Ruckl photo from Nizbor, the trademark of the shield is the exact same as the sticker label shown above.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/75803-rucklmania-factory-pics-from-5-17-12
OK. The Lexicon shows that label as from 903, Leah. Ali, send me the pictures from the Ruckl factory, because I saw you mentned them but i could not open the e-mail.
Excellent. Label mystery solved. Thanks!
wait, is this piece have this label?
No, Leah's vase has it, and that vase is decidedly Victorian/ Harrach. She posted it originally. I am just reposting to use the 4th photo! I am removing it and posting something else, much closer to the Ruckl.
IT FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!
LOOK AT THE LAST PICTURE NOW. I THINK IT HITS THE MARK.