Czechoslovakian Art Glass and Ceramics - Makers Marks / Book + Values

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MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
by Ruth A. Forsythe, privately published, 1982.
760 different items are illustrated in color and identified in this scarce pictorial guide to Czechoslovakian art glass and china.
This scarce book  “deals with glassware made in Czechoslovakia for the twenty year period 1918 to 1938 with an addenda of Pottery, Porcelain and Semi-Porcelains….The same glass artisans who made Bohemian, Mosher and Austrian glass, came forth with a portrayal of color in glassware which brightened the gloom of even the Great Depression of the 1930’s.  The glass of Czechoslovakia is blown, molded and cut in the many forms of vases, perfume bottles, water sets, boxes, lamps, baskets,” and much more.  This volume is presented in seven sections as follows:  Cased Art Glass, Candy Baskets, Cut Glass Perfume Bottles and Puff Boxes, Mold Blown and Pressed Bottles and Puff Boxes, Novelties, Jewelry, Miscellaneous, Opaque, Crystal, Colored Transparent, Lamps, Pottery, Porcelain, Semi-Porcelain.  There is an excellent section on Marks, a brief history of Czechoslovakia, and a helpful glossary.  The all-color photography is superb and this informative text provides a sound basis for identifying over 750 pieces of fine glassware and ceramics.  It thus promises to be an invaluable aid to the collector, appraiser, curator, or dealer who requires the expertise to evaluate and differentiate Eastern European art glass from Czechoslovakia.
8.5” x 11” softback in very good condition.  72 pages.
Includes 4-page year 2000   Price Guide Supplement.
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