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178  Katalog  VIKTORIN  A  SPOL.,  Hradec  Krälove  (Königgrätz),  nach  1935,  unpaginiert  (Tafel  13b),  21.1  x27.1  cm,  -  Archiv  W.  Neuwirth,  Wien
178  Catalogue  VIKTORIN  A  SPOL.,  Hradec  Krälove  (Königgrätz),  after  1935,  unpaginated  (plate  13b),  21.1  x27.1  cm.  -  W,  Neuwirth  Archives,  Vienna

that  have  not  yet  been  separated  into  individual  subjects.  The
peacocks  were  also  made  in  two-part  moulds  (ills.  59,  60;
p.  24);  this  is  easily  detectable  from  the  seams.  Beils  with
sides  that  are  smooth,  ridged  or  decorated  with  various  kinds
of  relief  patterns  belong  to  the  most  populär  mould-blown
Christmas  tree  motifs  (p.  25).
The  big  hollow  shapes,  surrounded  by  small  beads  and  bugles
(pp.  26,27)  take  us  close  to  the  Gablonz  glass  bead  Christmas
tree  Ornaments,  and  the  geometric  reliefs  on  the  sides  are
mould-blown  just  as  the  pine  cones  and  acorns  are  (pp.  26-29).
  A  special  effect  was  created  by  the  shapes  filled  with
phosphorescent  material  (pp.  30,  31).  Semi-finished  wares
with  sides  decorated  in  relief  (p.  33,  ills.  108,  109)  and  music
Instruments  (p.  32)  sometimes  still  have  the  extended  glass
tubes  that  would  normally  have  been  broken  off  and  finished
with  a  hanging  device.  The  “assembled  designs”  mentioned  by
Bayer  are  frequently  offered  in  the  VIKTORIN  catalogue  under

an  order  number  (e.g.  p.  34).  Assembled  later  and  therefore
not  authentic  are  the  contents  of  a  box  (ill.  114,  p.  35).  Of  the
12  balls  in  the  box  (ill.  115,  p.  35)  eight  are  unmarked  and  do
not  have  the  inscription  MADE  IN  AUSTRIA.  Also  in  the  glass
bead  Christmas  tree  Ornament  tradition  were  figures  (p.  37),
various  big  and  small  balls,  hollow  shapes,  rocailles  and
bugles  and  also  other  materials  besides  glass.  Modern,  recently
  acquired  glass  shapes  (semi-finished  wares)  document
the  continuation  of  this  tradition  (p.  36).
Glass  Christmas  tree  Ornaments  are  often  combined  with
other  materials:  with  tinsel  wire,  paper,  cardboard,  Chenille  and
other  textile  materials.  One  especially  interesting  group  are
the  balls  (ill.  1,  p.  2;  ill.  2,  p.  6)  and  animals  (pp.  10  and  11)
which  are  decorated  with  a  fine  web  of  thin  wire.  This  provides
an  interesting  contrast  between  the  smooth  glass  surface  and
the  thin  metal  spirals.  Since  these  objects  are  so  fragile  only  a
few  have  survived  without  damage;  the  slightest  carelessness

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