Dramatic & Rare Pair of Karl Palda Art Deco North Bohemian Vases of tall rectangular form. Circa 1920.

Condition: Mint condition.

Height: 10.25" (26.25cm). Width: 3.75" (9.5cm). Depth: 2" (5.5cm).

Items Sold.

Karl Palda

The firm of Karl (or Carl or Karel) Palda was founded in 1888 in Haida (Novy Bor), Bohemia . Little is known of their development, but from their 50th anniversary catalogue of 1938 - which showed a huge range of glassware, including items similar to this exception and fine pair- it is obvious that they co-operated closely with glass schools and other manufacturers and were well-respected refiners and exporters of high quality glassware. Also at Haida in Northern Bohemia was a Technical College for Fine and Commercial Art, which became well respected for the fine quality art glass produced by senior students and professors. Items produced were sold through commercial glass factories such as that of J Oertel & Co at Haida. The Haida Staatsfachschule at Haida, Novy Bor , Bohemia was operating from 1870 until possibly the 1920s. It was the State Trade School for glassmaking, noted for training enamellists such as Louis Arthur Fritzche, Adolf Rasche, Arnold Eiselt (1907-14), Rudolph Müller (c 1909-10), Karl Lorenz (c 1909).