LIGHT GLASS-26 NR-KR-198 Lauscha Hand-blown Glass Flower Vase

A beautiful flower vase created from Lauscha hand-blown glass.

Unique as an art object, its delicate appearance is one of a kind.

It possesses both ephemerality and strength.

Manufactured between the 1960s and 1970s.

Country of Origin: Germany

Material: Glass

Height...19cm
Width....4cm
Mouth diameter....4.5cm    Base diameter…6cm

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This beautiful flower vase is made by Lauscha Glass in East Germany.

Lauscha is a small glass town in the Thuringian Forest in eastern Germany, where people have lived and made glass for over 400 years.

In East Germany, industry had its own system, and state-owned enterprises called VEB (※) were established in various regions, with different industries in each area.

This product is a thin, delicate glass vase made by a glassblower in Lauscha, Thuringia, a region known for its thriving glass industry, between the 1960s and 1970s. The flowing, futuristic form reflects the Space Age design popular at the time.

  Also, although it cannot be definitively stated due to the absence of a mark, the style suggests that it may have been created by the renowned glass artist Albin Schaedel or in his workshop.

Albin Schaedel

Albin Schaedel

Schaedel was an innovative Thuringian glass artist with an international reputation.

He came from a family with a 200-year tradition of glassmaking. His father was a lampwork bead maker. He worked as a glass bead maker in his father's workshop, began his apprenticeship in 1924, and became a journeyman under Edmund Müller in Neuhaus from 1927. From 1934, Schaedel worked as an independent art glassblower. From 1934 to 1938, he was associated with Professor Karl Staudinger, a painter and graphic artist in Sonneberg. In 1937, he participated for the first time in the arts and crafts fair in Leipzig.

From 1940 to 1945, Schaedel was a soldier. In 1949, he was awarded a quality seal for arts and crafts. In 1952, he passed the master's examination and was recognized by the examination board of master glassblowers and the visual artists association. In 1954, Schaedel moved his apartment and workshop to Arnsdt, "his second home." In 1980, he had to stop working in front of the glass flame due to health reasons.

Schaedel was a highly experimental glass artist. He applied and developed assembly techniques ("skull technique") into refined art, such as the design of vessels blown in front of a lamp. He was one of the most productive and influential glass artists of his time.

He participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. Among other things, he participated in five German art exhibitions and art exhibitions in East Germany held in Dresden from 1958 to 1978.

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※As this is a vintage item, there may be small scratches or dirt. Please purchase after acknowledging this in advance.

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