STÖLZLE / HERMANOVA HUT - Vase (2) - (Model Series 18622) - Glass - Art Deco

Duo, identical stylish ART DECO Vases.
STÖLZLE – HERMANOVA HUT.
Period ’30 – ’40.
Model Series 18662.
Material/Technique: barrel-shaped pressed glass.
Color: light blue (“azure blue”).

The vase is a textbook example of Czechoslovak modernism from the interwar period.
Manufactured by the renowned glass factory Hermanova Hut (Stölzle).
The vase displays the characteristic geometric expressive form attributed to the visionary glass designer R. Schrötter.

Biography * History:
Stölzle (originally Austrian) was (co-)owner/founder of about seven glass factories, in Austria, Bohemia, and the Czech Republic, among others. The Hermanova Hut facility (founded in 1907, and after WWII part of the well-known SKLO UNION GROUP) was/was the cradle of modern pressed-glass design: pioneers in the production of pressed glass in the first half of the twentieth century. Thanks to their exports and collaborations, they reached a wide audience, and their Art Deco designs are still valued/favored by collectors.
Influenced in part by the Bauhaus movement and Czech Modernism/Kubism, they succeeded in elevating “utilitarian” glass to “art for the masses.”

Vase description:
The design (in a warm light blue color) includes the characteristic features of the Art Deco style: geometric shaping with a beautiful sculptural design (notably clean vertical lines that catch light in a special way). The vase is composed of a series of sharply defined vertical “ribs” with a step-like progression (a so-called “step-cut-design”) emanating from a solid rectangular foot to a stepped/serrated upper rim.

Dimensions:
As the photos show, the vase is “oval-shaped” with a serrated upper rim measuring 13.5 x 10.5 cm. The vase height (max) is 23.5 cm. The solid foot is shaped like a tapered rectangle with sides of 8 cm and dimensions 13 x 9 cm. The length of the foot (13 cm) is appropriately aligned with the oval shape of the vase (see photos). Weight/vase: approx. 960 g.

State:
Excellent condition. No chips, no cracks, no lime scale. The photos speak for themselves and are part of the description.
(For non-experts in pressed glass from this period: it is perfectly normal that with the pressed-glass technique using molds, small air bubbles may occur in the glass; these cause no damage.)

Some Relevant References for Verification/Object Information:
1. PRESSGLAS – PAVILLON.
From P. Wessendorf (D). A very extensive historical collection description of Art Deco pressed glass from many countries. The Series Model (design) 18662 is recorded under specific no. 02018.
2. CZECH GLASS GUIDE.
Digital identification platform for Bohemian and Czechoslovak (Art Deco) glass.
3. PRESSGLAS – KORRESPONDENZ.
Periodic digital magazine/archive with original Stölzle – Hermanova Hut scans showing the various variants (different sizes) from the same design line side by side.

Shipping:
The vases will be carefully and professionally packed and shipped using a safe Track & Trace service (box-in-box).