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S. Reich & Co. Amber Glass Candle Holder – Viktoria Pattern

12 Tuesday Mar 2019

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I have been posting the pretty amber pieces I bought recently at Twindmills.  This candlestick was included in the purchases.  Again I had no idea of its provenance, but I was attracted to its deep, rich dark amber colour.

I posted it on the Vintage Glass Identification Facebook site and it took no time until someone posted an ID.  I would never have found it in a million years otherwise.

Turns out that it was made by S. Reich & Co.  According to the Cloud Glass Reference Site:

“S Reich & Co was founded in 1813 by Samuel Reich in  the town of Krasna, Czechoslova.”

The Glass Message Board has posted a number of the company’s catalogues.

The Facebooker who identified this piece also advised that this candlestick was part of a trinket set and kindly provided this link to the line of Viktoria products.  From this site I learned that…”The Viktoria set was introduced between 1925 & 1930 and is shown in the 1930 and 1934 Reich catalogues.”

I know very, very little (really nothing!) about European glass and am lucky that others share their knowledge.

 

 

Inwald Perforal Cream and Sugar Set

04 Friday Jan 2019

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I picked up this cream and sugar with the tray recently while on a trip to the Niagara area.  I was drawn to the pretty shade of blue, but didn’t know anything about the set, including its age.

I looked at a number of online sources to no avail and then posted it, with a request for an ID, on the great Everyday and Elegant Glass Forum.  It only took a day before the set was identified.  What a great network of glass afficionados!

Turns out that this set was made  in the 1930s by a glass company called the Inwold Glassworks of Prague, Czechoslovakia.  Here is a wee bit of information in its history –  http://www.museumportheimka.cz/vystava/inwald-the-story-of-a-glassworks/.  The line is called Perforal.  No idea of the name of the colour.

I would never have found this ID on my own as it didn’t occur to me that it may be a set from Europe.

 

Update to Bohemia Crystal Victory / Victoria Snifters

03 Sunday Jun 2018

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This line is different again – more like the earlier stems I owned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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September 1, 2016

Came across these water goblets while I was in the USA.  They have the same etch, although the stem is different.  Replacements.com

 

 

 

 

identifiesthe etch as “Victoria” not Victory.Bohemia Victoria Goblet (4)

Given that the stem is different I wonder if the pattern is still the same.  Likely just a variation between Czech glass houses using the same design.

If any one knows, please share the info!

 

 

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From February 17, 2014

Picked up these two champagne flutes recently.  At first I thought they were a match to another etch I have.  Check out the details on the Bohemia Victory Champagnes (5) D’Arques wine glasses with the Dampiere etch.  Very similar.  Heisey also has an etch – Osage – that has similar details as well.

In any event the stems were the first clue, and the a closer look was the second clue.Bohemia Victory Champagnes (3)

I still don’t know any more about the provenance of these stems.  But they are pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Original January 15, 2012 post.

Bohemia Victory Brandy I bought three snifters recently at a local antique shop.  I have only seen this etch on the Replacements, Ltd. site –  www.replacements.com.  They didn’t have any stems for sale at the time and I don’t see the pattern there any longer. If you haven’t seen this site before,  definitely take a look.  It indexes literally tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of patterns of china, silver, crystal, etc.  I have one of their publications that provides sketches of etches.  It took me awhile to track this etch down, but it appeared to be the same as the etch that had been identified as Bohemia’s Victory etch.  I don’t know much about Bohemia Crystal but I believe that they were/are imports from Czecholoslovakia.  Some of their patterns are quite common.  I also had some pretty sherry stems that were shaped like small flute champagnes.   A friendly ebayer emailed some details of the crystal as it was her wedding pattern.  I somehow deleted that message, big dolt, but would love to hear from someone else who knows more about it.  They are very dainty.