SCHMETTERLING Vase
SCHMETTERLING means butterfly in German.
These vases were made by August Walther & Sohne who were a German glass company.
The Schmetterling vase is seen and named in the August Walther & Sohne 1936 catalogue.
They are 21.5cm high with a removable flower frog that fits into the inside of the vase.
The flower frog is pictured below.
They are seen in crystal, amber, green. blue and pink and possibly in other colours in a clear and frosted finish
The flower frog is pictured below.
They are seen in crystal, amber, green. blue and pink and possibly in other colours in a clear and frosted finish
Pictured below are parts of an incomplete steel mould that may have been used to make Schmettling vases.
There would have been another matching piece to this mould as pictured on the left.
When the two pieces are clamped together they form the shape of the vase .
The conical shaped plunger pictured on the right would have been pressed into the mould after molten glass was added to make a vase.
On the plunger can be seen the shape that forms the curves of the wings on the rim of the vase.
The surface of this mould appears to be corroded which possibly makes it unusable.
There would have been another matching piece to this mould as pictured on the left.
When the two pieces are clamped together they form the shape of the vase .
The conical shaped plunger pictured on the right would have been pressed into the mould after molten glass was added to make a vase.
On the plunger can be seen the shape that forms the curves of the wings on the rim of the vase.
The surface of this mould appears to be corroded which possibly makes it unusable.
BUTTERFLY LADY (AN)Vase.
They were made by the Brockwitz Glass Company who were a German glass company.
Bockwitz did not name these vases in their catalogues.
This vase is seen and numbered as Nr 6941 in the 1941 Brockwitz glass company catalogue as pictured below.
They were made by the Brockwitz Glass Company who were a German glass company.
Bockwitz did not name these vases in their catalogues.
This vase is seen and numbered as Nr 6941 in the 1941 Brockwitz glass company catalogue as pictured below.
The catalogue information is in written in German which has been translated into English as follows.
Nr. 6941 - Number 6941.
hell - Bright
farbig - Colour
mattiert - Frosted
They are 27cm high.
The catalogue does not list any colours.
They were most likely made in the following range of colours crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.
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DAME PAPILLON (AN) Vase.
Dame Papillon means Butterfly Lady in French.
The year of manufacture is unknown at this point of time.
The vases are 23.7cm high.
They are 24cm at their wides point at the wing tips and 14cm wide front to back.
Seen in amber, green, blue and smoky brown in a clear finish.
Other colours likely are crystal and pink.
Whilst this vase has been attributed to Val Saint Lambert who are a Belgian glass company, this is yet to be confirmed.
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Neil Cooper
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