LIGHT GLASS VASE-53 NR-KR-358 Lauscha VINTAGE FLOWER VASE

A beautiful flower vase made from Lauscha blown glass.

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

It combines both fragility and strength.

Manufactured between the 1960s and 1970s

Country of Origin: Germany

Material: Glass

Height...20cm
Width...6.5cm
Opening diameter...2.5cm

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This is a beautiful flower vase made by Lauscha Glass in East Germany, featuring clear, light blue glass.

It is a long-necked crane-style vase with a spherical body on a wine glass-like base, and a slightly flared opening, giving it a distinctive and impressive sophisticated design.

Lauscha is a small glass town in the Thuringian Forest, Eastern Germany, where people have been engaged in glassmaking for over 400 years.

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

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

　Also, although it cannot be definitively determined due to the absence of a mark, judging from the style, it is possibly a work by the renowned glass artist Albin Schaedel, or made in his studio.

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 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 artistic glass blower. From 1934 to 1938, he attended Professor Karl Staudinger, a painter and graphic artist, in Sonneberg. In 1937, he first participated 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 the master's examination and was recognized by the glass blowing 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") into 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 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 with this in mind.

※While product photos are taken and processed to be as close to the actual color as possible, the actual product color may differ due to customer monitor settings, room lighting, etc.