Vase, Schreiberhau (Szklarska Poreba), circa 1930.
Josephine Ironworks, designed by Siegfried Heartel
Size: height 26 cm, spout width 14.5 cm
High lead crystal glass, tinted in the mass, dark green color. Blown in form, polished and polished. Decoration electroplated with silver. Stylized floral motifs - vines and bunches of grapes.
Behind the design is Professor Siegfried Haertel - a painter and prominent glass designer. Haertel trained at the Breslau academy under Carl Ernst Morgenstern. He became professionally involved in the glass industry, and after World War I organized the glass department at the School of Arts and Crafts in Breslau. Among other things, he cooperated with the Josephine glassworks in Szklarska Poreba.
The history of the Josephine (Josephine) glassworks begins in the mid-19th century. The initiator of its establishment was Count Leopold Schaffgotsch. From its inception, the Josephine glassworks was a place frequented by the royal court of Prussia. In 1892, an engraved, gilded glass service for 200 people was ordered for Wilhelm II, which the emperor took to Doorn Castle in the Netherlands after his abdication in 1918. Glass products from Szklarska Poreba were presented at major world exhibitions in London (1851), Paris (1867) or Vienna (1873). Thanks to gaining wide recognition, luxury glassware from Josephine was exported to Russia, the Far East and the United States, among others. During the Art Nouveau period, products from the "Josephine" glassworks conformed to the artistic assumptions of the new style. In the 1920s, high-quality crystal glass in the art deco style became the main type of production.
