Vase thumbnail 1
Vase thumbnail 2
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Specialised School of Glassmaking (decorator)
Libensky, Stanislav (designer)
Place of origin
Zelezny Brod (made)

Vase, Czechoslovakia (Zelezny Brod), designed by Stanislav Libensky, and decorated by the students of the Specialised School of Glassmaking, Zelezny Brod, 1954

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Glass painted in lustred enamels
Brief description
Vase, Czechoslovakia (Zelezny Brod), designed by Stanislav Libensky, and decorated by the students of the Specialised School of Glassmaking, Zelezny Brod, 1954
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.3cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'454/61 S.Libensky 1954' incised (Signature)
Gallery label
In moving from the Specialised School at Novy Bor to that at Zelezny Brod, Libensky also moved from designing for translucent enamels to the lustred colours which were established in use at the glassworks and were therefore readily available.
Bibliographic references
  • Petrova & Olivier; Bohemian Glass
  • D. Klein, Masters of Czech glass: 1945-1965, exhibition catalogue Dan Klein Limited, London, 1983, cat. 42 or 43
Other number
9637 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.105-1984

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2101/vase-libensky-stanislav/
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest