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Hi Glass-mates!

It's been a while... Suzy just emailed to ask me about Gail's basket and had to take a look, because i would like to ask any members who have pics of baskets if the could send pics to my email address, leahpia6@aol so I can have these pics on file as part of research.

I was shocked and very happy to see another posting of a basket. 🙂

These baskets are Bohemian for sure... Commercially imported to the UK and USA.
Bill's basket I strongly suspect Kralik. I've had this basket before and it's a lovely find. Gail's basket is Welz. Much of Welz glass from this time frame has been known a British Cottage Glass which is just a myth, I'm afraid.
I did some research on Welz early this year and found in the Truitts, Bohemian Glass I book there is a small section under Welz. There is a few Welz shapes that I have been able to link to John Franks, British Cottage glass. With the shape found in various decors is how the Welz link was established.

These Spatter decors found on the Welz vases also link to the baskets. In many of the Butler Brother catalog books, there are shapes that are advertised as Bohemian and with the shape of the baskets found, they match by decor with the Franz Welz vases to further explain my attribution.

Later this year, there was a Czech Tango glass exhibit in the Czech Republic and on display was the same shape vase found in the Truitts I book and John Franks examples which was confirmed Franz Welz.

I think Franz Welz produced much of this so called "cottage glass" for a number of years, and it is not appreciated as much by collectors. Research evolves and as new information comes forward, it will take a trend. These spatterware pieces are fun to collect, because of the various shapes to mix match with.

Hope this tid-bit was helpful.
If you have any baskets to share, please email me at leahpia6@aol.com (THANKS!)

Happy Collecting!
Leah