Description: VR OUTSTANDING LARGE 18" ALEXANDRITE VINTAGE CZECH BOHEMIAN CUT GLASS CRYSTAL COVERED URN VASE POKAL NEODYMIUM MOSER CENTERPIECE BOWL COMPOTE SELENIUM UV GLOW MID CENTURY MODERN MCM THIS EXQUISITE ALEXANDRITE CUT GLASS POKAL / COVERED URN / VASE, MEASURES APPROX. 18" HIGH AND 5" WIDEACROSS THE FOOT / BASE, AND 5" WIDE ACROSS THE WIDEST PART WHERE THE TOP MEETS THE VASE, OR 'CUP'. THE DEEPLY CUT GLASS CHANGES FROM LILAC, VIOLET, PURPLE, PINK AND BLUE, DEPENDING ON THE LIGHT, (ASSHOWN UNDER THE LED LIGHT AND AMBIENT HOME DAYLIGHT.) OUTDOORS IT HAS A PINK VIOLET HUE. PHOTOS 21-23 SHOW IT UNDER BLACK LIGHT, WHERE IT SHOWS DEEP MAGENTA FLUORESCENCE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE MID SECTION AND FINIAL ON THE TOP, LIKELY DUE TO FLUORESCING OXIDES SUCH AS SELENIUM. THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PIECE IS VINTAGE, HAND CUT BOHEMIAN GLASS, PERHAPS UNSIGNED MOSER. "LEO MOSER, OF MOSER GLASS, WAS THE FIRST TO DEVELOP THE COMMERCIAL USE OF NEODYMIUM IN GLASS.NEODYMIUM GLASS WAS PRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN THE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER ALEXANDRITE CRYSTALS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1885 AND NEODYMIUM OXIDE (Nd2O3), WAS USED TO COLORIZE GLASS." I'VE YET TO SEE A COVERED URN / POKAL, MADE WITH ALEXANDRITE GLASS, AND COVERED IN HAND CUT FACETS.THE OVERSIZED HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE, COMBINED WITH IT'S MESMERIZING COLOR CHANGING PROPERTIES, MAKES THIS SUPERB WORK OF ART A UNIQUE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF BOHEMIAN GLASS. THAT BOTH PIECES HAVE SURVIVED TOGETHER, AND IN SUCH EXCELLENT CONDITION, IS UNUSUAL.EVIDENTLY (AND THANKFULLY), IT HAS BEEN STORED AND/OR DISPLAYED WITH GREAT CARE, FOR MANY DECADES. THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT. * PAYMENT IS REQUIRED WITHIN 3 DAYS OF PURCHASE/END OF AUCTION.* I ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY.* I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY AT THIS TIME.* I SHIP USPS PRIORITY, INSURED.* SIGNATURE REQUIRED ON DELIVERY. 1) ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD 'AS IS' AND SALE IS FINAL. 2) REFUNDS ARE ONLY CONSIDERED IN THE EVENT THAT AN ITEM HAS BEEN GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED. 3) PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND REVIEW THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE MORE PHOTOS UPON REQUEST.
Price: 1800 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
End Time: 2024-01-08T18:58:34.000Z
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Origin: Bohemia
Pattern: Bohemian
Signed: No
Color: VIOLET LILAC PURPLE ALEXANDRITE
Material: ALEXANDRITE CUT GLASS
Item Length: Same as Height
Subject: ALEXANDRITE GLASS COVERED URN
Brand: BOHEMIAN
Type: VASE
Era: Mid 20th Century (1941-1969)
Item Height: 18 inches
Theme: CUT GLASS POKAL
Style: VINTAGE MCM
Features: COLOR CHANGING ALEXANDRITE
Production Style: CUT GLASS
Production Technique: CUT GLASS
Country/Region of Manufacture: Czechia
Finish: GLOSSY
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 5 Inches
