Stunning and extremely rare crystal art deco vase manufactured the Karl Palda Kristallglasraffinerie und Glasschleiferei, Haida, Bohemia, around 1930.
It is made of hand blown etched crystal. Typical for this range of glass products is the combination of clear and matt satinated glass in which art deco patterns of foliages, clouds, bolts and sun rays were wheel carved. Part of the matte area were then polished with salt.
Another typical feature of the Palda creation is the complexity of the glass geometry, using many pattern and style and mixing them to make every piece a unique chef d oeuvre of modernist avant garde design.
There is some evidence that the design may have been made by the glass artist Adolf Beckert (*1884-+1929) who was from 1909 to 1911 artisic director of Loetz and 1911-26 teacher and also director of the “Fachschule für Glasindustrie, Steinschönau”.
Vases are among the scarcest products coming out of this manufacture which have survived the years.
Karl Palda
The firm of Karl (or Carl or Karel) Palda was founded in 1888 in Haida, Nový Bor, Bohemia. Little is known of their development, but from their 50th anniversary catalogue of 1938 - which showed a huge range of glassware, including items similar to this - it is obvious that they co-operated closely with glass schools and other manufacturers and were well-respected refiners and exPrice on Requestters of high quality glassware.
Also at Haida in Northern Bohemia was a Technical College for Fine and Commercial Art, which became well respected for the fine quality art glass produced by senior students and professors. Items produced were sold through commercial glass factories such as that of J Oertel & Co at Haida.
The Haida Staatsfachschule at Haida, Nový Bor, Bohemia was operating from 1870 until possibly the 1920s. It was the State Trade School for glassmaking, noted for training enamellists such as Louis Arthur Fritzche, Adolf Rasche, Arnold Eiselt (1907-14), Rudolph Müller (c 1909-10), Karl Lorenz (c 1909).
Diameter: cm/in Height: cm/in
15,5 / 6 18 / 7
Condition: Excellent
Price on Request
It is made of hand blown etched crystal. Typical for this range of glass products is the combination of clear and matt satinated glass in which art deco patterns of foliages, clouds, bolts and sun rays were wheel carved. Part of the matte area were then polished with salt.
Another typical feature of the Palda creation is the complexity of the glass geometry, using many pattern and style and mixing them to make every piece a unique chef d oeuvre of modernist avant garde design.
There is some evidence that the design may have been made by the glass artist Adolf Beckert (*1884-+1929) who was from 1909 to 1911 artisic director of Loetz and 1911-26 teacher and also director of the “Fachschule für Glasindustrie, Steinschönau”.
Vases are among the scarcest products coming out of this manufacture which have survived the years.
Karl Palda
The firm of Karl (or Carl or Karel) Palda was founded in 1888 in Haida, Nový Bor, Bohemia. Little is known of their development, but from their 50th anniversary catalogue of 1938 - which showed a huge range of glassware, including items similar to this - it is obvious that they co-operated closely with glass schools and other manufacturers and were well-respected refiners and exPrice on Requestters of high quality glassware.
Also at Haida in Northern Bohemia was a Technical College for Fine and Commercial Art, which became well respected for the fine quality art glass produced by senior students and professors. Items produced were sold through commercial glass factories such as that of J Oertel & Co at Haida.
The Haida Staatsfachschule at Haida, Nový Bor, Bohemia was operating from 1870 until possibly the 1920s. It was the State Trade School for glassmaking, noted for training enamellists such as Louis Arthur Fritzche, Adolf Rasche, Arnold Eiselt (1907-14), Rudolph Müller (c 1909-10), Karl Lorenz (c 1909).
Diameter: cm/in Height: cm/in
15,5 / 6 18 / 7
Condition: Excellent
Price on Request