In my 2000 article for www.loetz.com I pretty much covered Rindskopf glass, so I would like to update it with some new lines, shape comparisons and new pieces.
ALHAMBRA
For a long time, a Rindskopf line called "Alhambra" could not be identified. Robert and Deborah Truitt wrote about its discovery for Glass Collectors' Digest. This is the only piece for the moment at the Passau Museum:  1. UNIQUE ALHAMBRA PIECE
AVENTURINE  2. PM 2000 This is a more recent photo, taken in 2006:  3. PM 2006 Of particular importance are the 2 middle vases on the fourth shelf from the top down. This is a recognizable Rindskopf shape that, however, appears in a Kralik case: The small white vase with amber loops. In fact, I maintain all of the vases in the middle row of the following photo are Rindskopf, not Kralik:
 4. CASE 254: MISIDENTIFIED RINDSKOPF To go back to Rindskopf Aventurine: it comes in 4 colors: Pink: perhaps the most beautiful:  5. PINK GROUP A tour de force shape:
  Then we have orange:  8. ORANGE GROUP Notice the silver collar on the smaller vase. It bears British silver marks. Rindskopf was very popular in England, where the family opened shop and eventually moved. The next pair, in light green, also has silver collars:  9. LIGHT GREEN PAIR 1
Whereas this second pair does not have them:  10. LIGHT GREEN PAIR 2 There is a variant; brick red glass overlaid in dark green Aventurine:  11. BRICK RED PAIR And then, a piece I would call red, others might call orange:  12.ORANGE/RED AVENTURINE CLOUD GLASS Ok, so I'm making up names. Again, shape determines manufacture: The vase on the left is what I'd call "cloud" glass. The vase on the right is blue feathered.
 13. 13", 10" | DILUVIUM
When I saw this little vase at our local flea market I identified it as "Lythialin". I was wrong. Thanks to Pazaurek (1901) I have now identified it as a rare piece of Rindskopf's Diluvium glass! Notice the similarity with the vase on the right of the Pazaurek picture:
 14. RED DILUVIUM  15. PAZAUREK DILUVIUM FEATHERED ENAMELED
This is a feathered vase in a trademark Rindskopf shape. It is unusual to find enameled Rindskopf:
 FEATHERED VARIANT
Shape identifies these two vases as Rindskopf. Notice the feathering variant in the blue, identical to the pink vases in pic. 13, and the similarity between yellow vases.
 17. NEW SHAPES AND DECORS, 12"
PAPILLON Rindskopf produced a kind of Papillon glass, but it is usually found only in purple:  18. 10" PURPLE PAPILLON
 19. PURPLE PAPILLON, 13"
RIBBED VASE This vase is quite thin-walled. Notice that its shape matches the small pink Aventurine vase on the extreme left, pic. 5
 20. GOLD RIBBED VASE, 13" SNAKESKIN At the time I wrote for www.loetz.com, I lamented having sold a vase in this decor. Not only did I get it back, but added a match:
 21. SNAKE SKIN VASES  SWIRL This shape can serve as a marker for Rindskopf:
 23. SWIRL FEATHERED TANGO
Rindskopf produced a series of vases in opaque opal colors such as light blue, orange and yellow, decorated with their trademark feathering. They can be recognized for their shapes as well. The smaller vase on the left has the dubious distinction of appearing twice in the PM cases: Under Welz and under Kralik. However, the distinctive cup shaped top marks it as Rindskopf:
 24. ORANGE FEATHERED WAVE DECOR  NEW VASES: This small Honeycomb (6") vase is the first I find in green.  26. Honeycomb green  27. Glatt green with coiled serpent, 13" |