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Handarbeit Oberglas

Handarbeit Oberglas

Would love to know more about this piece and any others made by the same company. All I know is what is on the label which states it was made in Austria.

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mpratt's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

Sorry, can't help you...but wanted to give you props for a great photo.

SteveMinne's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

Handarbeit means handmade. Focus on Oberglas. It obviously means something-glass.

DianeInSantaMonica's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

Without a dictionary, "Ober" means something like "over" or "upper."  Oberammergau (the town in Bavaria where the Passion Play is performed every 10 years) is the only use I can think of for that word.  I'm too lazy to dig further.

atomicscott's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

This is a beautiful piece of glass. How big is it?

retrosapien's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

sorry, i should have included measurements. it is 7 3/4" tall.

style-invasion's picture

Re: Handarbeit Oberglas

oberglas is an austrian manufacturer...

http://www.oberglas.at/

unfortunately not in english but it has got a 200year long tradition in blown glass... this vase is a nice example

as far as I know oberglas is part of the stölzle-oberglas today:

http://www.stoelzle.at/en/sto-history.html

there are some informations in english