1155067

Hand-Blown Molded Cobalt and Crystal Bohemian#1155067

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Hand-Blown Molded Cobalt and Crystal Bohemian#1155067
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This hand-blown molded cobalt and crystal Bohemian glass covered jar represents a long heritage of glassmaking now being discovered in all corners of the world.<p>

Years before Bohemia became known as Czechoslovakia in 1918, Bohemian glass houses were manufacturing high quality, stunning colored crystal and glass. This heritage goes back as far as the 14th century. Czech glass today continues that illustrious tradition.<p>

After WWII, the incoming communist regime nationalized the Czech glass industry but exempted the glass companies from controls regulating all other artistic production. The communists wanted Czech glass to signal the success of the communal system. They encouraged experimentation by their glass artists, who innovated new techniques. They sprayed glass dust to make opaque glass and applied glass decoration to vases and bottles. They made crackle glass and multi-colored glass. Their innovations in glassmaking, now being discovered throughout the world, brought astonishing results and drew the attention of well-known companies like Waterford, Swarovski and Orrefors. The Czech Republic today still fosters this artistic environment to produce this amazing glass, and these foreign glass companies now are hiring Czech glass designers to renovate their lines.<p>

This piece is hand-blown molded glass with no seams. Overall, it is 10 1/2 inches tall. The bowl itself is 5 1/4 inches tall, with a heavy glass lid with a large crystal knob to safely grasp and lift it. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1940</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Hand-Blown Molded Cobalt and Crystal Bohemian Glass</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Bohemian</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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