Vintage glass ashtray for Hsg Ząbkowice, Poland 1970s

An ashtray or a platter in the mid-century modern style made of bulk sodium glass produced in Huta Szkła Gospodarczy Ząbkowice in the 1970s. Ashtray made of blown glass, hand-formed. The item is in good original condition, with normal signs of use, scratches on the underside. A great red ashtray. Rare. Hand-formed glass, dyed ruby red in the mass. Ground bottom. Not only the color is interesting, but also the interesting shape. Dimensions: height 8 cm | diameter 24 cm | base diameter 7 cm | inlet diameter 19.5 cm Dimensions in inches: height 3.1 in | diameter 9.4 in | base diameter 2.8 in | inlet diameter 7.7 in Historical view: In 1884, Józef Schreiber founded the Ząbkowicka Glass Factory in Ząbkowice (since 1977 a district of Dąbrowa Górnicza). The glassworks, transformed in 1896 into a joint-stock company under the name Towarzystwo Akcyjne Ząbkowickiej Fabryki Szkła in Ząbkowice, produced only blown glass products. From 1902, the products of the glassworks were glass accessories and pressed glass. Art Nouveau patterns were repeated until the 1980s. Due to the crisis in 1935, the steelworks stopped production. Its re-launch took place during World War II, and the products were intended exclusively for military purposes. After the end of the war, the steelworks remained under the temporary management of the State; in 1959 it was transformed into a state-owned enterprise operating under the name of Ząbkowicka Huta Szkła Gospodarczych - State Enterprise Separated, subordinate to the Central Board of the Glass and Ceramics Industry. In 1960, the name was changed to Huta Szkła Gospodarczy "Ząbkowice". The systematic development of the glassworks and the growing sales of glass from Ząbkowice resulted in the incorporation of other glassworks into the company: Huta Szkła "Siemianowice" (thermos inserts were produced there) in 1973, Huta Szkła "Skawina" (manufacturer of packaging glass) in 1974 and Glassworks "Staszic" (producer of wine balloons) in 1979. The "Ząbkowice" Economic Glassworks, as a multi-plant enterprise, developed dynamically until the 1990s. and privatization resulted in a drop in sales and the resulting growing indebtedness of the company led to its closure. In 2002, based on the assets of HSG, Huta Szkła Artystyczny "Ząbkowice" S.A. was established, which was put into liquidation in 2004. Crystallite Huta Szkła Sp. z o. o. (production of flat and blown and extruded glass) was closed in 2006 (bankruptcy proceedings were completed in 2010). Until 1960, HSG "Ząbkowice" did not have its own pattern room. This changed when Jan Sylwester Drost (1960) and Bogdan Kupczyk (1961), Eryka Trzewik-Drost (1966) and Ludwik Fiedorowicz (1975) were employed as designers. Designers associated with the steelworks: Agnieszka Borowska, Jan Drost, Ludwik Fiedorowicz, Tomasz Góra, Bogdan Kupczyk, Sebastian Pietkiewicz, Wszewłod Sarnecki, Ryszard Serwicki, Izabela Szkleniarz, Eryka Trzewik-Drost, Wanda Zawidzka-Manteuffel Reference : 256030