"Karo" glass vase, Huta Szkła Hortensja, Poland, 1970s

A large, massive vase comes from huta szkła hortensja in piotrków trybunalski, it was made in the 1970s. The vase with the catalog number h23-199 was popularly called "karo", made of pressed glass cut into characteristic diamonds. We evaluate the condition of the item as good, it has slight signs of use - scratches on the bottom from the vase moving. Dimensions: Height 25 cm|diameter 16 cm|base diameter 9.5 cm|inlet diameter 14 cm|weight 2317 g. Dimensions in inches: Height 9.8 in|diameter 6.3 in|base diameter 3.7 in|inlet diameter 5.5 in|weight 2317 g. After world war i, "hortensja" was expanded - in 1921 it employed about 500 workers. It produced elegant blown and pressed glass in fashionable forms of the art deco style. She has received numerous international awards for her products. Hard working conditions and low wages (the owners who sympathized with the nazis invested most of their profits beyond the western border of poland) resulted in numerous strikes, including 1923, 1928, 1932, 1936. Just before the outbreak of world war ii, the previous owners of "hortensja" ”the haeblers have left piotrków. During the war, the factory was under german administration. In people's poland, the glassworks was nationalized and received the name of huta szkła gospodarczego "hortensja". Almost all the old buildings have been demolished or completely rebuilt. In the 1970s, "hortensja" employed over 2, 000 people. It exported its products to approx. 120 countries. Despite the transformation into a sole-shareholder company of the state treasury in 1993, "hortensja" did not survive the political and economic changes and at the end of the 1990s it ceased to operate.