Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The most wanted glass vases

Steuben
A chemical formula that can make so pure glass like the crystal discovered in 1952 by Steuben Glass ,the favorite of wanted glass in USA. The design of the spiral vase by Donald Pollard in 1955 or the hyperbolic vase by George Thompson in 1969 ,are classic designs of Steuben. He destroys defective parts so for that there are unique.





French glass
The French Baccarat vase is leader in the beauty and style , like the perfection of the design elements. Baccarat Celimene , Hurricane and Twist come from the contemporary line of Baccarat. Infinity has a shape of shoe in the limited vase edition of Baccarat. Lalique is French crystal of high quality and the old Lalique crystal stir the hearts of many collectors. The new vases are celebrating 150 years of Rene Lalique birth,and they have to emotionate every crystal vase collector.





Antique American crystal
The glass cutting era of American Brilliant by fine craftsmen as Hawkes , Fry, Dorflinger and Libbey ,stand out in any scenario. The cutter began with crystal form of lead quality,to produce masterpiece. The crystal was thick so it can support the process of hand cutting and the crystal was hard enough so it can make designs and different facets that reflect the light. Hawkes won award in the Paris Exposition in 1889 for two models :Grecian and Chrysanthemum. Libbey won the maximum awards in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 ,with the patterns called Columbia and Isabella.




Crystals of other countries

The Russian Fabergé crystal in the design Winter Palace is discontinued model of 14’ vase or 12’.The Swedish Orrefors compete in the world market because its quality and beauty. Orrefors Precious ,with its heavy shape of star,is an exceptional vase design of contemporary crystal. Other Scandinavian glass companies create glass art, especially in the modern era from 1950 to 1970. Kosta, Hadeland and Littala made adorable glasses. Waterford have the convenient standard of English or Ireland crystal. Lismore is one of the most collectible contemporary patterns and Waterford make different sizes and different vase styles of this pattern.





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