Pair of Pallme-König Glass Trailing Vases c1900

Description

Heading : Rare pair of Pallme König trailing vases
Date : c1900 – c1910
Period : 20^th Century
Marks : Unmarked : Pallme König glass is never signed
Origin : Bohemia
Colour : Blue and amethyst
Pattern : Unknown
Features : Flared lip. convex body and rounded foot. Iridescent blue cased body with an inner opalescent casing. dark amethyst iridescent ‘spider web’ trailing. please see additional information.
Size : 6 ¾ inches tall by approx. 2 ¾ inches in diameter
Condition : Excellent : No cracks. minor fritting around the lip commensurate with age as shown and a small slither chip as shown
Restoration : None
Weight : 605 grams combined

Additional Information : Trailing vases are difficult to attribute as there were several well-known companies who produced them such as Kralik and Loetz. To identify and attribute we examine several characteristics such as; glass form. colour. trailing design/ thickness and iridescence.

These vases are Pallme König.  The trailing is of noticeably varying thickness. some trails ‘meld’ together while others ‘overlap’. Secondly the vertical and horizontal trails  are equivalent in length and are recessed into the glass. A third positive identifier is the form. specifically the foot. The casing itself is also a signature. three layers are used. Firstly is a thin opalescent layer inside a thicker clear centre and finally an external iridescent vivid blue. A signature of Pallme-König.

The combination of iridescent blue with dark amethyst trailing is very rare. Only two other examples were located. Varying shades of green were most commonly deployed. white/pink/orange/red shades were also used. Art nouveau was inspired from nature. the combination of natural colours and forms and this alone explains the propensity of green coloured examples

Produced in Bohemia. but after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 918 Czechoslovakia. now the Czech republic

References :

Victorian Decorative Glass British Designs 1850 – 1914 By Mervyn Gulliver Page 167.