As beautiful as it gets - Sklo Union Pale light blue MORAVIA jardiniere vase

This fabulous pale light blue glass jardiniere vase did not warm its place on our shelves. It was sold almost instantaneously after the listing was published. I decide to blog about it here because it is too beautiful of a glass piece to be left out of this blog. This gorgeous piece is part of the MORAVIA series designed in 1969 by Vladislav Urban to  Rosice Glassworks of former Czechoslovakia. It is so beautiful that it hurts to let it go. But we are not here to play, we are here for business. 

Hope you enjoy some pictures.

Humppila Finland, REVONTULI glass platter

Humppila is one of the Finland traditional glass makers with very recognizable designs by several famous designers. Tauno Wirkkala, not sure he has any relation to the other famous Wirkkala, is one of the designers who worked for Humppila. He made some stunning and creative designs, very bold, with organic forms and ombré finishing to the glass. I find this ombré color changing from a darker brown shade to clear glass via amber and yellow stunning. His pieces are bottom signed, etched with his name and the company. This design is called REVONTULI and is for sale in our shop. 

Check the this beautiful item in our shop here 

Frantisek Vizner Vase 20053 for Sklo Union, a very special listing

I listed a very special item this week. This beautiful set of four glass vases, each in a different color. This piece was created by Czech designer Frantisek Vizner (1936-2011) in 1963 for Czechoslovakia glass factory Hermanova Hut with pattern 20053. It is a small piece with 8,5 centimeters of height but this design is perfect and this small glass vase turned out to be one of Vizner's most recognized designs. The set in four colors, clear glass, pale light blue, old pink and lilac. Enjoy the pictures.

I am placing a direct link to the listing here

Carstens Tönnieshof, Arabia of Finland and Pukeberg of Sweden - Some of the pieces I said goodbye to recently...

Hello there. 

Today I have a  quick post to pay honor to the pieces I had to say goodbye in the last couple of months. Sold them in our Etsy store. Those were hard goodbyes as I simply loved all three pieces I show you here. They were all in perfect condition and who wouldn't want to buy them, right? So, off they went. They've traveled the world to their new homes and owners, to beautify their lives.

First piece on the line of hard goodbyes is this stunning mid century modern West German ceramic vase, jug vase style. Pictures will never do this piece any justice because this vase is more than beautiful, it is fabulous with a textured matte glaze in a dark blackish-grey and a beautiful shiny blue encasing glaze. This vase was most likely produced by former West German manufacturer Carstens Tönnieshof Pottery. Bottom marked with the design number 2001/25. Good bye baby, bye bye.

Then came the time say good bye this beautiful Pukeberg figurine. This was also a very hard goodbye as I thought, until the last minute, that I was going to keep it. How naive of me. This stunning crystal bird figurine designed by Pukeberg of Sweden in the 80's was a success. It accumulated lots of views and likes in the short period of time it stayed with us. No surprise it left the building in record time. No time for long goodbyes. 

Off to Central Europe it went... 

Finally we also sold this beautiful serving bowl from the series FLORA by Arabia Finland FLORA series was designed by Esteri Toumula and is one of the most beloved series of Arabia stoneware. This lovely bowl was sold with its matching sauce jug. They will turn someone's dinner table into an even more special occasion. 

Bye baby, good bye. 

Mexico Series by Bing og Grøndahl - Dinner Set

Beautiful MEXICO series designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard (1919-2008) for Bing and Grøndahl in the 1980´s. The pictures show part of the pieces we recently listed in our shop. These are the dinner serving items and we also have a large set of dinner plates. 

MEXICO was designed by Quistgaard in a grayish shade of beige with beautiful irregular brown and blue decorations on the edges. No two pieces are identical and that is what makes this series special. Bottom marked with Bing & Grøndahl logo and pattern number 311.

Newest additions: Frantisek Vizner and Pavel Pánek Vases

Just added three new Czech glass vases to the shop. I love them all but, well, they are for sale now... so hush if you like these because they likely will sell pretty fast. 

I listed two stunning jardiniere style vases in heavy glass designed by Frantisek Vizner to Libochovice Glassworks in the 1960's and both showing strong optical style characteristic of Vizner works. The third is a small vase designed by Pavel Pánek for Rosice Glassworks in 1974 with pattern 3516. This Pavel's glass vase has the same vibes of his other boob vases and bowls. 

Frantisek Vizner designed this jardiniere vase pattern 3236 for Libochovice 

Pavel Pánek, Rosice Glassworks 1974, Pattern 3516

Frantisek Vizner jardiniere vase, pattern 3236, Libochovice Glassworks

Frantisek Vizner  jardiniére vase, pattern 3236, Libochovice Glassworks