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Borske Sklo, originally named Borske Sklarny National Corporation, was founded in 1948, in the Novy Bor region of the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at the time), and incorporated all the glassworks in the area. In 1953 the company merged with Umelecke Sklo to form Borske Sklo National Corporation. Also during the 1950's, Borske Sklo took over several other glassworks, including Moser, Chribska, and Mstisov. Glass designers who worked at Borske Sklo over the years include Stanislav Libensky, Erika Hellerova, Vaclav Cigler, Pavel Hlava, Rene Roubicek, Ladislav Oliva, Karel Wunsch, Miluse Roubickova, and Adolf Matura.

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Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian blue glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian green glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.

Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian uranium green glass 'bobble' vase, probably by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian uranium green glass 'bobble' vase, probably by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian uranium green glass 'bobble' vase, probably by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian uranium green glass 'bobble' vase, probably by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.

Bohemian green glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian purple glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian glass 'Nemo' vase, by Borske Sklo, designed by Max Kannegiesser.
Bohemian green glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p133.
Bohemian purple glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p133.
Bohemian amber glass tapering cyclindrical vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p133.
Bohemian glass 'Nemo' vase, by Borske Sklo, designed by Max Kannegiesser.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p130-131.

Bohemian green glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass hooped vase, by Borske Sklo.

Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian green glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.

Bohemian amber glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian green glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian blue glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.

Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian smokey glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.

Bohemian green glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian turquoise glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian turquoise glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian amber glass 'bobble' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian turquoise glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian turquoise glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.

Bohemian green glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian blue glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian green glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian blue glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian amber glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.
Bohemian amber glass 'Caro' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p69.

Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian amber glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian pink glass 'hexagons' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian amber glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.
Bohemian pink glass 'hexagons' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Bohemian smokey glass 'olives' vase, by Borske Sklo.
Ref: Hi Sklo Lo Sklo p68.

 

References

Books
Hi Sklo Lo Sklo: 1950s-70s Czech Glass Design from Masterpiece to Mass-produced | ISBN 978-0955286537

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