Uranium Bohemian Glass Vase Cut Blk Yellow Deco Val St Lambert Carl Schappel

  

RARE URANIUM CARL SCHAPPEL OR VAL ST. BOHEMIAN / CZECH, NOVY BOR / HAIDA, CUT GLASS, BLACK, NEON YELLOW, CLEAR, VASE GEOMETRIC OPTISCH, ART DECO CZECH. THIS SPECTACULAR VASE MEASURES APPROX. 14" HIGH AND 4.5" ACROSS THE TOP. I HAD THOUGHT THIS VASE MIGHT BE URANIUM GLASS, BUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT CONFIDENT IN MY ASSESSMENT, I WAS NOT 100% SURE, SO I DID NOT DESCRIBE IT AS SUCH.

MY APOLOGIES TO THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ASKED ME IF IT WAS, AND I SAID NO... BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I WANTED IT TO BE URANIUM GLASS, I WAS NOT SURE IT WAS. SOMETHING ABOUT IT ALREADY BEING NEON YELLOW MADE IT A BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE IT FLUORESCE. MAYBE A LITTLE SLOW TO COMMIT...

BUT I WANT TO BE ACCURATE IN MY DESCRIPTIONS. OFTEN OLDER URANIUM GLASS PIECES HAVE A FAINT GLOW THAT'S HARD TO SEE AND EASILY OVERLOOKED... NOT EVERYTHING URANIUM LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY IN BRIGHT GREEN... SOMETIMES IT IS SUBTLE, SOMETIMES IT IS ONLY VISIBLE AT CERTAIN ANGLES. SOMETIMES THE GLASS IS CLEAR, AND OTHER TIMES IT IS GREEN OR YELLOW (AS IN THIS CASE), UNDER REGULAR LIGHT.

TODAY, I RE-EXAMINED THE VASE CAREFULLY UNDER A BLACK LIGHT (AS I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES). IT ALWAYS HAD FLUORESCED, BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS (THE YELLOW GLASS AND A STRANGE YELLOW-ORANGE-ISH LINE ON THE BASE). BLACK LIGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE REVEALS THE THIN YELLOW-ORANGE LINE ON THE BASE, AND THE EDGES OF CLEAR GLASS AT THE BASE, AND IN MOST OF THE CIRCLES AND OVALS. THE YELLOW-ORANGE LINE FLUORESCES AND APPEARS ON THE EDGES OF THE CUT'STAR', WHEN UNDER BLACK LIGHT, AND IT DISAPPEARS UNDER REGULAR LIGHT. THIS SAME ORANGE-YELLOW LINE APPEARS ON THE EDGES OF THE CLEAR, CUT OVALS NEAR THE BASE, WHEN VIEWED AT CERTAIN ANGLES UNDER THE BLACK LIGHT, BUT IS NOT VISIBLE IN REGULAR LIGHT. THE LIGHT REFRACTION THAT TRAVELS THROUGH A VASE WITH THESE INTRICATE CUTS, AND UNIQUE COLORS/GLASS TYPES, IS REMARKABLE, AND A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE SKILL WITH WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED. CALLING IT'ART GLASS' IS A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IT'S'GENIUS GLASS'. PHOTOS 7, 8 AND 9 ARE BLACK LIGHT.

MORE AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED. IT IS MADE OF CASED AND HAND CUT GLASS, WITH BLACK, NEON YELLOW, AND CUT TO CLEAR, IN A COMBINATION OF FANTASTIC AND INTRICATE'ZIERSAUM', GEOMETRIC CIRCLES, OVALS, SMALL'SPOTS' SURROUNDED BY FINE CROSS-HATCHING, AND OPTISCH PATTERNS. WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS VASE, I THOUGHT IT WAS BY VAL ST LAMBERT, BUT.. THE ONLINE RESEARCH THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO INDICATES THAT IT COULD BE BY. IN THE NOVY BOR / HAIDA REGION OF BOHEMIA (CZECH REPUBLIC), CIRCA 1913, USING THE'ZIERSAUM' CUT, AS SEEN IN HIS'BORUSSIA' SERIES. THAT SAID, WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHO MADE IT. SUFFICE TO SAY, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART. Das Glas des Jugendstils', by.

I CAN FIND NO CHIPS OR CRACKS, BUT WANT TO MENTION TWO. HAND GROUND / POLISHED AREAS, LOCATED.

IN THE BLACK GLASS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE. DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION. 3 DESCRIPTIONS ARE BASED ON MY EXAMINATION OF EVERY PIECE I SELL AND ON MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS AN ART GLASS AND ANTIQUE COLLECTOR FOR OVER 35 YEARS. 4 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND REVIEW THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION.

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• Brand: CARL SCHAPPEL
• Type: Vase
• Type of Glass: Cut-to-Clear
• Color: BLACK URANIUM YELLOW
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Style: Art Deco
• Subject/Theme: OPTISCH GEOMETRIC
• Material: Glass
• Features: HAND CUT GLASS
• Production Style: Art Glass
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Czech Republic
• Glassmaking Technique: CASED CUT GLASS