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Vase - 1001 Nights

1001 Nights

  • Object:

    Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Nový Bor, Czech Republic (probably, made)

  • Date:

    1946 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Libensky, Stanislav, born 1921 (designer)
    Specialised School of Glassmaking (decorator)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Engraved and enamelled glass

  • Museum number:

    C.104-1984

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Enamelled decoration on glass is a centuries-old Bohemian (Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) tradition. It was taken up by Stansilav Libensky in the 1940s when he taught in the Dept. of Painted and Stained Glass at the Novy Bor glass school. He made a large number of designs based on biblical themes, but also many others which were more fantastic and impressionistic using motifs from prehistoric cave paintings to fairy tales and dreams. The decoration was applied by technicians using acid-etching, which was then painted in by the students as part of their training.

Place of Origin

Nový Bor, Czech Republic (probably, made)

Date

1946 (made)

Artist/maker

Libensky, Stanislav, born 1921 (designer)
Specialised School of Glassmaking (decorator)

Materials and Techniques

Engraved and enamelled glass

Marks and inscriptions

'128/409 St. Libensky 1946' and 'St. Libensky 46' incised

Dimensions

Height: 24.0 cm

Descriptive line

Vase, Czechoslovakia, designed by Stanislav Libensky, and decorated at the Specialized School of Glassmaking, 1946

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Petrova & Olivier; Bohemian Glass
D. Klein, Masters of Czech glass: 1945-1965, exhibition catalogue Dan Klein Limited, London, 1983, cat. 38
Our vase described and illustrated

Exhibition History

Arabian Nights: Alf Layla wa al Layla (L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris 26/11/2012-28/04/2013)

Labels and date

At this early date, immediately after the war, it was impossible to obtain materials other than those already in use. At the Novy Bor factory, enamelling was an established technique and enamels were part of the existing stock.

Categories

Glass; Vases

Collection code

CER

Qr_O2092
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