Wilhelm Kralik Sohn
History See encyclopedia.
Styles
1899 - iridescent glass, metallic lustre & mother of pearl in organic shapes neck sheared & bent into handles. Glass applications turning into leaves & snakes. Some overlaid in silver. Very similar to Loetz but usually no pontil & no mark.
Cameo floral designs always signed.
Acid etched + carving usually shallow designs. Beige/Pink/Brown dominate often including guilding
Reprorted to have supplied a great deal of glass to Lobmeyr but possibly this was Meyrs Neffe.
engraved marks
Signed in cameo or acid etched
WILHELM KRALIK SOHN / BOHEMIA
Late 20th Century Kosta marks
Bertil Vallien mark 1980's.
Gunnel Sahlin mark 1980's.
Ulrica Hydman Vallien mark 1990's.
