Jan Beránek Vase

Style Mid-century Modern
Materials Hand-blown glass
Dimensions H 26cm X W14cm, 2.5kg
Condition Excellent Vintage Condition
Year c.1950s
Country Czechoslovakia

Hand blown Glass Vase by Jan Beránek for Škrdlovice, Czechoslovakia

This stunning organic shaped vase features solid hand-blown crystal of translucent pink and blue tones. Its characteristics are typical of 1950s Škrdlovice production - a time when Czech glass artists were truely pushing the boundaries of glass design from behind the Iron Curtain. 

Czech glass was rarely ever signed during communist rule as the ideology did not believe in highlighting the individual. This was true of Škrdlovice glassworks, which had been nationalised in 1948 (formally known as Beránek). This piece would have originally been labelled. 

This vase is in excellent vintage condition with no notches, cracks, repairs or discolouration. It has some very light visible surface wear commensurate with age and use.