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Posted 4 months ago
Greatsnowy…
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For awhile I was seriously wondering if maybe these were really meyrs neffe under the the kralik family umbrella but after getting my second piece today I am thinking maybe Passau just had it right. The base glass is that same light pink color so many marquetry vases display.
I thought this new heavily art nouveau example I got was going to blow my first piece away.. but after getting it I am not quite sure which I like better. The quality of texturing and iridescence is much better on the plain piece and the gilding is pristine on that example. It's a nice clean example. But the Flowers are still quite pleasing on the other. They're both very nice in their own different way. I thought I was buying up and I'd sell my first piece. I am not quite so sure now. they are so different.
the marking on teh bottom of the new piece isn't anything. it's ink pen. I think someone got lucky and found it in a thrift store.
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Beautiful:)
Very interesting! For the differences as much as the similarities. Not only are the base colours different from mine (and each other!), but the "corrugation", for want of a more precise word, looks a little different too. It may just be the pictures, but mine seems more deeply ridged and more matt. The iridescence looks a little different too - but again that's probably the pics. BUT the gilding/enamel looks identical - even down to the variety of techniques on display - as does the cut back and polish. Are you sure these weren't refined blanks? How many layers of glass do yours have?
Beautiful, in any event. I wouldn't want to choose! Maybe the plainer, whiter one just edges it ...
Never say never and all, but I really think these all came from the same house even with the differences
Granted, Kralik wasn't exactly known for fine refining. Maybe the glass did come from Kralik but was decorated by Meyrs Neffe. (still really the same house if you go by Czech definition) I think Meyrs Neffe was their Infinity branding and Kralik was Toyota.
If you gather together a bunch of glass from the same line you'd be amazed at the differences you can find. Other Kralik lines are like that. I have a few pieces of martele, some are clambroth, some are pink, some are uranium infused and some are not. some are heavier and some are lighter.. The batches were mixed by hand every day. I think we have a perception of the glass houses being modernized like they are today, but I think it was a little more lacksidasical in reality than what would be acceptable today.
The pmc has one with the base coloring of yours but the shape of the pink one I just got. Actually, I think the decoration is a little different between them all as well. The decor on the white one is superior to the decoration on the pink one. The pink piece has gold wear on the high points, which can mean that one had better quality materials used in the gilding. The artistry is better on the white piece imho the gilding looks on par with the stuff you see from the Jules barbe studio and is in the same condition i'd expect to see a jules barbe piece in today. (Perfect). The pink piece has a loetz type style of gilding, I.E they mixed it up and used enamel and gilding for raised decoration with some trailing decoration that is directly on the glass. Your piece has that style of decor too it would appear.
Mine are more iridescent than the shown, but I don't think they are as colorful as yours. I haven't given these a wash since I got them and that spruces up iridescence quite a bit. I probably should but I am always loath to wash gilded pieces unless they're just covered in grime. the new pink piece is also very glossy looking comparitively. I think the texture on the textured parts is all slightly different on each piece but not by a significant amount. I am not entirely sure how they did that. Some type of tool when it was still hot done by hand I am sure.
my pink piece is heavier than my white piece. I can't really tell how many layers it has. I think three on the pink piece and two on the white one. the rims are gilded but it's worn so you can see thru it but the layers are all so light it's hard to tell.
actually no scratch that. I think it's two layers on both.
Beautiful....
Thanks, GSO. And especially for the Passau pic.
no problem LLL :)
oh and up there I said martele when I meant marquetry. they both start with an M :)
thanks everyone for the loves and comments :)
Glassware and cats!! Who'd a thunk they'd go together so well...lol...
Toolate, you'd be shocked at how gentle they are with the glass when I am taking pics.