Posted 8 years ago
sklo42
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The hexagonal rim of this thorn vase discloses a thin white inner layer and a thicker, very pale green outer layer. The thorns are pulled from the six corners of the hexagon where the glass is thicker.
The five thorny feet are a clear green which reacts to a uv light. The frog's legs thorn vase is not uv reactive at all.
The curling up of the base of the vase, and a hexagonal rim are characteristics shared with the other Welz thorn vases I've included in image four.
Height 20 cm./8 inches
Thanks for sharing all those beautiful shapes and colours!These ones are perticularly interesting - their shapes are so organic...they remind me exotic plants.
Ivonne, thank you, using forms taken from nature does seem to have been popular at this time. Of course Welz wan't the only producer of thorn vases.
I like the pale green one two, nutsabotas, thanks.
Oh sklo, those two green thorns are really wonderful examples. The undulating ribbon-like forms are terrific. Aren't thorns so much fun? :)
Purely for the sake of accuracy, I think it is important to note that Butler did not refer to this glass as "Czech export glass" as the quotation marks above would seemingly indicate. They referred to the production as Bohemian prior to 1919, and also as imports from Czecho-Slovakia post 1918. There are also post 1918 ads in Butler still indicating Bohemian for some glass as late as 1929. The semantics of "Czech export glass" is a phrase coined in this forum a couple of years ago to describe a large amount of glass felt to be un-attributable, and used by some forum members, but not a term used by Butler.
Yes, Michelle, thorns are fun, especially when they come in crazy spatter totally at odds with nature and thorny stems :)
Alfredo, 21 on one shelf.....that must be a sight to see. Perhaps you could treat us all to a picture of them one day.
All beautiful!
scott
Thanks for commenting, scott.
If you stopped, looked and clicked, many thanks.