10 Saturday Mar 2018
Posted in Bohemia
Tags
Bohemia, Cut Crystal, Cut Glass, Czech Glass, Czechoslovakia, Vase
I am assuming that this vase is a Bohemian/Czech hand cut piece. Likely mid-twentieth century. I know little about Czech glass but this caught my eye.
It is quite brilliant and glows beautifully in the sun. The photo doesn’t do this case justice.
At over three pounds it is solid.
15 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Bohemia Crystal
My guy went off for his weekly jaunt to the Courtice Flea Market. He very often returns home with a piece/pieces of glass for me to consider. Some choices are better well-received than others. This little set of four was a success although I don’t know much about them.
Luckily the one has a label attached that reads – “Crystal Belfor Hand Made”. The little that I can find online is that “Belfor” is attributed as Bohemia Crystal, a Czech product.
I haven’t yet come across this particular line, although I was interested in observing that the “Exquisite” line is attributed as Belfor at Replacements. I think this is a line that is often seen in my part of Ontario, but I am going to look more closely next time I run across it.
Another site I came across in my search was a site out of Edmonton – The Crystal Connection. The vendor sells discontinued crystal and also offers an identification service with lovely photos. Right on the home page is a piece that I am sure that I own – “Royal Diamond” by Fine Arts Crystal. I am going to have to scout around the garage and find it.
In any event, this little glass is quite pretty. Best guess for age – 1960s-1980s. WOuld love to have someone correct me.
This purchase of my husband’s ranks high on the ‘good decision’ rankings.
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Unknown
Some time ago I was watching a piece on ebay that was very similar to this one. I went back and forth on buying it. For some reason I was really attracted to the photos. In the end I didn’t buy it. I didn’t need it, and I thought, from experience, that it would be difficult to eventually resell.
A few weeks ago I came across this set at Around the Block. I was taken by the colour and gravitated to it right away. While I still don’t need it, and I probably won’t be able to resell it eventually, I decided to buy it. It wasn’t super expensive, it looks gorgeous and I can always gift it to someone.
The colour is very rich and the camera (a/k/a the photographer – me) doesn’t really do it justice. This photo doesn’t show the richness of the red. I took the close-up to give a better sense. Still there is alot of ‘brown’ in the shade and I am sure that there is an appropriate name for this tint – cognac? Maybe too brown. 
There is a label that says “Made in Czechoslovakia” but other than that, I likely will never know much about this pretty set.