Modernist Vintage Art Glass - Sklo Union Glass Bowl Ashtray by František Zemek Collectible Czech Bohemian Glassware, Tobacciana
$63.26
This is a stylish mid century modern art glass bowl/ashtray from the 1960s by František Zemek for Rudolfova Hut Glassworks, Sklo Union in the Czech Republic. This beautiful vintage Czech/Bohemian hand pressed glass piece is from 1969. Featuring a modernistic oval shape with cigar indent ends in a vivacious, violet purple colour and a smooth, glossy texture. It was designed to be a cigar ashtray however it would also look fantastic as a decorative bowl for jewellery or small trinkets or simply as a display piece; as it is such a lovely piece of art glass. A beautiful gift for any smoker or collector of vintage tobacciana or Czech/Bohemian art glass. Measures 14 x 11.5 x 5cm.
Condition: This piece is in excellent preloved, vintage condition with some shelf wear/small chips on the bottom edge which is pictured in the photos. Some minor imperfections which are characteristic of the age/construction of this piece (there are a couple of tiny bubbles from when it was manufactured.)
Please refer to the pictures as they are a part of the description. If you have any concerns about the condition or you require more detail I can provide additional photographs on request. All vintage/antique items are sold as-is. There are no cancellations once your shipment has been received by the post office and there are no returns or exchanges. If you have any questions prior to shipping please reach out and I would be happy to help. When purchasing multiple items from CrystallineEraVTG, I will combine shipping and refund the difference once the shipping label has been purchased.
František Zemek - Bio from Czechoslovakian Glass:
"František Zemek was born into a glass-making family in Zlatna near Lučenka in Slovakia. His grandfather was a glass engraver, his father and brothers Josef and Karel glassmakers. At the age of fifteen, he left for Vysočina to join the Inwald glassworks in Dobronín, where he trained as a glass grinder. He then studied for two years at the Vocational Glass School in Železné Brod, continuing his studies at the University of Applied Arts in Prague in the atelier of prof. Karel Štipla, he graduates in 1948.
During the period when universities were closed during the war, Zemek worked in glassworks in Nižbor, then in Krásné and Karolinina smelters in Karlovy Vary, and in 1946 he completed an engraving practice in Kamenický Šenov. František Zemek ¨never left his glassmaking practice, he works in glassworks in Teplice, completes metallurgical practice at the school smelter in Chřibská, designs for Železnobrodské sklo and a glassworks in Škrdlovice.
In his last years, he worked for Teplické sklo np in Mstišov and for Karlovarské sklo np (Moser), where he designs the "Rhapsody" and "Harmonie" collections that are still popular today.
František Zemek transferred metallurgical shapes to pressed glass, his vases designed for Heřman's smelter are popular.
In 1959, Zemek ended its cooperation with the glass factory in Mstišov and Karlovarský sklé and decided to solve the problems of lighting plants. However, on the way from Valašské Meziříčí to one of the lighting fixture factories, he suffered a fatal accident, to which he succumbed after a few days at the age of only 47."
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