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Posted 4 months ago
ks85
(152 items)
Here are a few "shimmy" examples that I have or had. Sorry for the poor pics, I'm not very good at combining pics...as you can tell :).
I believe a lot of what is passed off here as Ruckl "shimmy" is not ruckl shimmy and quite a few are likely not even Ruckl at all. I have decided to make a couple posts to show how I personally interpret the drawings.
Here are pieces(pics 1&2) that imo resemble the ruckl drawings. They have a pulled spatter type decor at the base which is uneven and usually very non symetrical. Pic 1, perfume 1 is the absolute closest, I recall seeing , to the Ruckl drawings. Of course the lack of confirmed Ruckl shapes, along with the fact that many companies made similiar pieces, it makes it nearly impossible to properly attribute 100%. Since I haven't seen any documentation(and they carry no marks or labels) besides for the drawings, I obviously can't say for sure that they are or aren't Ruckl.
Being pulled spatter is not enough to determine a maker imo. This is shown by the Kralik piece in picture 4.
IMO these first 2 pictures are what the "shimmy" drawings represent (some obviously more than other) and not the single colored more "uniform pulls" represent as Ruckl Shimmy on here. The exception are the 2 drawings in the middle of the 3rd row(not listed as "shimmy"). But imo they show little resemblence to the majority of the pieces on cw.
I just thought I'd post these up and give my non expert OPINION of the ruckl drawings and let other decide for themselves. I will also be making a post showing some kralik pieces often labeled as Ruckl on here.
You may wonder what the point of this post is, as it doesn't verify any pieces. I posted it so you can see these compared to known Kralik examples.
PS-I hear a lot of talk about Ruckl "documentation" but have yet to see anything beside the little bit from the tango exhibit and the pages from Truitt. I would love to see some of this info posted for others to view as it would be very useful to everyone.
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STUNNING AS ALWAYS :) love these ks85:)
Thanks Bellin, your comments are always appreciated :)
your very welcome ks85 and anytime :)
Thanks for the loves.
stick to your guns
Will do Jericho, backatcha :). Thanks for your continual encouragement and guidance.
Love these pieces, but haven't been able to figure out what is meant by the term "shimmy". Just when think I have it, I see a different piece that confuses me. Is there a simple definition for the glass layman? I posted one the other day that I thought fit what was listed, but not sure. By the way, I have the very same piece as in #4, bought last summer in North Dakota. Pictures don't do it justice!
I'm not really sure what it is suppose to mean, if anything, may just be a random name Ruckl gave some of their pieces. No clue though. You're not the only confused one :).
Yes the piece in #4 was definitely a cool piece. I'm hoping to hit the road and do some buying this year, as well as hit up many antique shops and museums to try to gets some more hands on experience w/ many other items. Seems like it would be a ton of fun and a very informative experience.
BTW if you ever want to stop by and check out some of the glass I have around, you are more than welcome to.
I'd love to see your collection sometime. You have my email address, just let me know when you have some time. If you want an adventure this June, there is the Czech Collectors convention June 6-8 in Cincinnati. We hope to have a couple glass dealers. I spent the past weekend in the St Louis and S. Illinois covering the malls and shops. I saw no more than 5-6 pieces of glass and very little pottery. A couple may have been Loetz, but expensive and damaged. It is getting really hard to find anything in malls anymore, you have to get lucky.