LIGHT GLASS VASE-25 NR-KR-197 Lauscha VINTAGE FLOWER VASE

A beautiful flower vase made from Lauscha blown glass.

Unique as an objet d'art, 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...16cm
Width...10cm
Opening Diameter...3cm

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This is a beautiful wine-red flower vase made of Lauscha Glass from East Germany.

The clear glass handle and yellow dot pattern on the body are playful, and its sophisticated design is striking.

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

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

This product is a thin and delicate glass vase created by blown glass artisans in Lauscha, Thuringia, a region where the glass industry flourished, from the 1960s to the 1970s. Its streamlined, futuristic form offers a glimpse into the popular Space Age design of the time.

Also, although it cannot be definitively identified due to the absence of a mark, based on its style, it is possibly the work of the renowned glass artist Albin Schaedel, or created in his workshop.

Albin Schaedel

Albin Schaedel

Schaedel was an innovative Thuringian glass artist of international renown.

He came from a family with a 200-year tradition of glass manufacturing. His father was a lampwork artist. He worked as a glass bead maker in his father's workshop, began his apprenticeship in 1924, and became a journeyman under Edmond Müller in Neuhaus from 1927. From 1934, Schaedel worked as an independent art glass blower. From 1934 to 1938, he collaborated with Professor Carl 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 the quality seal for arts and crafts. In 1952, he passed his master's examination and was recognized by the examination board of glass blowing masters and the Visual Artists Association. In 1954, Schaedel moved his apartment and workshop to Arnshtadt, "his second home." In 1980, he had to stop working in front of the glass flame due to health reasons.

Schaedel was a very experimental glass artist. He refined and developed assembly techniques ("skull technique") in sophisticated 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 both at home and abroad. Among other things, he participated in five German art exhibitions and East German art exhibitions held in Dresden from 1958 to 1978.

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※As this is a vintage item, there may be small scratches and dirt. Please be aware of this before purchasing.

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