LIGHT GLASS VASE-76 NR-KR-381 Lauscha VINTAGE FLOWERVASE

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 fragility and strength.

Manufactured between the 1960s and 1970s.

Country of Origin: Germany

Material: Glass

Height...25cm
Width...6.5cm
Mouth diameter...1.5cm

(Please check the size and product condition in the photos)

A flower vase from Lauscha Glass in East Germany, featuring a beautiful vivid deep blue hue.

The base widens for stability, and from the middle to the top, it gradually tapers, characterized by an elegant form that is simple yet substantial, with a striking sophisticated design.　

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

In East Germany, industry had its own system, with state-owned enterprises (VEB*) established throughout the country, and each region had different industries.

This product is a thin and delicate glass vase made by a glassblower in Lauscha, Thuringia, a region with a thriving glass industry, between the 1960s and 1970s. Its streamlined, futuristic form offers a glimpse into the popular Space Age design of the time.

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 made 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, starting his apprenticeship in 1924, and becoming a craftsman under Edmond Müller in Neuhaus from 1927. From 1934, Schaedel worked as an independent art glassblower. From 1934 to 1938, he worked alongside 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 the quality seal for arts and crafts. In 1952, he passed his master's examination and was recognized by the glassblowing master and visual artists association's examination board. In 1954, Schaedel moved his apartment and workshop to Arnstadt, "his second home." In 1980, he had to stop working in front of the glass flame for health reasons.

Schaedel was a highly experimental glass artist. He refined and developed assembly techniques ("skull technique") for artistic applications, 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 nationally and internationally. Among others, 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 or dirt. Please purchase after acknowledging this.

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