Ladislav Sutnar functionalistic glass tea/coffee 4 pcs set, discount 1931, Kavalier Glassworks, Czechoslovakia

discount Four clear glass tea or coffee cups by famous modernist artist Ladislav Sutnar. Designed in 1931 and hand-made from special borosilicate glass in Kavalier Glassworks, who were the patent holders for the new heat-resistant glass pioneered in America.

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Very good vintage condition, only 1 minor chip at one of the saucers

Ladislav Sutnar (1897-1976) was a leading Modernist designer in Czechoslovakia. In 1929, he became principal art director of the publishing house Družstevní práce (Co-operative Work), which had in 1927 opened a shop and gallery in Prague under the name Krásná jizba (Beautiful Household), selling domestic objects of Modernist design including those of the Bauhaus. Finding it problematic to source appropriate products to satisfy their vision, Krásná jizba began to organise the production of its own tableware from 1929, with Sutnar contributing a number of designs.