Description
The box consists of two parts. The lower part is more discreet & is decorated with a small decor of waves near the upper edge. The top, on the other hand, is heavily decorated with a beautiful art deco plant motif. The jar is made of dark emerald colored malachite glass. Designer: Schlevogt Curt Manufacturer: Glassworks Jablonec nad Nisou Period: 1940-1960 Condition: 100% Dimensions: Height: 8,5cm Diameter base: 4cm Diameter top: 9cm Weight: 292g Schlevogt Curt in 1928, the American Curt Schlevogt founded his own company focused on the export of Jablonec pearls. in the following years, however, his company began to devote himself intensively to artistic crystalware, probably caused by his son Henry Günther Schlevogt, who was involved in the introduction of this type of production in the Jablonec export company A. Sachsa & Co., as its representative in the USA. in 1934, Schlevogt presented its pressed glass collection at the Leipzig Spring Fair the trade name Ingrid. The Ingrid collection was not closed & was gradually expanded with new designs, the most artistically impressive of which come from collaboration with important artists such as Ladislav Prenosil, Zdenek Juna, Frantisek Pazourek, Artur Pleva, M. Petrucci, E. Rottenberg & others. The collection was initially dominated by toilet sets & bottles, later smokers' requisites, glass sculptures, vases, lamps, liqueur sets, devotionals & small crystalware. The acquaintance & admiration of glass lovers was brought to the company mainly by the fashionable jade, jade turquoise & lapis lazuli glasses, from which a major part of the collection was pressed in the Jozef Riedl glassworks in Poluben. A prime example of Schlevogt's artistic endeavors was the "Artistic Crystalery - Ingrid" catalog, which included figural sculptures awarded the Grand Prix at the World's Fair in Paris in 1937. jade & lapis. Among the conventional Art Nouveau & Rococo models, there are functionalist designs, or variations in the Art Deco style, or Bruno Mauder's designs (vases, jars). Malachite Glass Jewelry Box Made in Czechoslovakia
