Lot 52

Václav Špála (1885 - 1946) AN EGG-SHAPED BOX

An identical box is in the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, inv. no. 15 059 (purchased at Artěl).

References: Artěl, Umění pro všední den 1908-1935, Jiří Froněk, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, p. 218, IV. 30; Vondráčková 1968, p. 81, fig. 232; Adlerová 1983, p. 23, fig. 6; Tschechische Kunst 1988, cat.no. 566, pp. 382-383; Bohemian Glass 1994, cat.no. 158; Horneková 1998, p. 76. Karel Herain published the same box with various geometric patterns based on Václav Špála's designs in an article titled "Nové české sklo" (New Czech Glass) in Drobné umění in 1922.