983 / 20034 Ashtray #16

Blue
152ø 53 h 850 g
RESEARCH UPDATE
983 / 20034 Ashtray983 / 20034 Ashtray
Description

Blue

152ø 53 h 850 g

Adolf Matura,

Rosice 1962 pattern number 983 and Hermanova Hut 1961 pattern 20034

Retail box unmarked but handwritten Yellow crossed out then Blue.

Ref: Sklo Union: Art Before Industry

Further research has revealed that both published references are innacurate and that this ashtray was probably only made in the nominal 150mm size.

It is also possible that the 20034 Hermanova Hut attribution is incorrect. The ashtray IS attributed in Czech Glass Revue 1963/7 as Hermanova 20034 but this uses the same photograph that is used in other editions of CGR with 983 Rosice attribution. The 1962 attribution in Newhall is unsupported and clearly an error. Newhall also shows the same object from different angles in his database for Rosice/Hermanova AND both sizes. The attribution to Libochovice and 12cm size are errors from a 1980s Matura exhibition catalogue and the 17cm size error from the 1972 Gottwaldov catalogue. See Glass Messages Board for fuller discussion.

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