Iridescent Wares na farko zuwa Tiffany da Daga baya zuwa Durand
Cibiyar Glass and Decorating Quezal ta fara ne a Brooklyn, New York a 1901 a karkashin jagorancin mabubbanta Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, da kuma Adolph Demuth. Bach Sr. da Johnson sun riga sun yi aiki da Tiffany & Co. kafin su fara wannan sabon kamfanin gilashi, a cewar The Collector's Encyclopedia of American Art Glass by John A. Shuman, III.
Kamfanin ya yi ƙoƙari ya ci gaba da raguwa bayan 1905, amma ya yi aiki tare da 1918 tare da Martin Bach, Sr.
sayen sauran masu zuba jari wadanda suka fara kasuwanci. Shuman ya yi rahoton cewa Conrad Valshing, surukin Bach da Mataimakin Shugaban, da kuma Paul Frank wanda ya ba da kyautar gilashi don kamfanin, ya fara Kamfanin Luster Art na yin gilashi kusan daidai da Quezal ta 1929.
Martin Bach, Jr. ya hade da takardun gilashi na Quezal da kuma aikin kamfanin daga mahaifinsa wanda ya riga ya mutu a shekara ta 1924. Kamfanin ya rufe a 1924 ya bar shi damar yin la'akari da aiki tare da Vineland Flint Glass Works a New Jersey na aiki a "Durand" shagon. "
Bayan da ya yarda da matsayin da yake ɗaukar wannan sabon kamfani na gilashi, sai ya tambayi tsoffin ma'aikatan Quezal su shiga tare da shi. Gilashin filayen gilashin da Durand ya yi ya sabawa tsarin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun Quezal, amma ƙungiyar ta kirkiro asali na asali. Ƙididdigar sun hada da tasirin Quezal da sababbin hanyoyin. Amma duk da cewa kantin zanen na ƙarshe ya samar da kayayyaki masu ban mamaki ga Durand, za'a iya gano abubuwa da yawa na Quezal a cikin sabon kamfanin.
Game da Art Glass
Turawan Quezal sune sanannun amfani da launuka masu launi, musamman blue, zinariya, purple, fari da kore. Wadannan za a iya kwatanta da Tiffany ta Favrile ko Steuben ta Aurene gilashi. Kuma, a gaskiya, Martin Bach, Sr. ya yi amfani da ma'anar da ya koya yayin aiki tare da Tiffany don yin wannan gilashi, a cewar Shuman.
Thomas Johnson, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa kamfanin, shi ma wani masanin gilashi ne wanda ke aiki a cikin kamfanin Quezal tare da sauran kayan fasaha da gilashi a farkon lokaci. Ya bar a 1907 ya yi aiki tare da Union Glass Company a Massachusetts da ke taimakawa kamfanin kamfanin Kew Blas na kamfanin.
A wasu lokutan an halicci zane-zane ta hanyar mirgina, ko yin juyayi, gilashi mai zafi don ƙirƙirar waje mai ban mamaki. An san Quezal ga gilashin zinari na zinariya, gilashin agate, gashin tsuntsaye, da kyawawan ido, alamomi tare da furen furen da furanni, da kuma yin amfani da kayan ado a cikin wasu. "Matsayin da yake nunawa na gwanin tauraron Quezal shi ne mahimmanci na nuna salon Art Nouveau, bisa ga siffofin kwayoyin halitta da na dabi'a na halitta tare da ƙwarewar fasaha a cikin kisa. furanni kamar crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, da jack-in-the-pulpits , "kamar yadda shared by The Journal of Antiques website.
Abubuwan da aka samo sun hada da wasu nau'o'in nau'in girasar tare da filayen fitilar, faranti, tumblers, kwanduna, gishiri, gurasa da kuma kwaskwarima a tsakanin wasu. Kodayake, dukiyar da wannan kamfani ɗin ke yi ya iyakance a cikin samarwa idan aka kwatanta da mutane da dama.
Gorham Manufacturing Company a Providence, Rhode Island, da kamfanin Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company a Sag Harbour, Long Island da aka sani da saya Quezal gilashin fasaha. Wadannan sassa sun yi ado da kayan ado na azurfa a Art Nouveau kuma suna sayar da kansu, kamar yadda Journal of Antiques ya lura.
Farashin kuɗin gilashin Quezal ya fi na Tiffany lokacin da yake sabo, kuma ya zarce wadanda aka biya don abubuwan da Emile Gallé ya dauka da sauran kayan sayar da kayan gilashi na Faransa waɗanda aka sayar a Amurka a farkon shekarun 1900. A wasu kalmomi, ba su kasance masu daraja ga waɗanda za su iya sayan su ba.
Quezal Marks
Sunan Quezal, wanda aka ba da alama a 1902, ya ba da labarin abubuwa masu ban sha'awa na tsuntsaye na Tsakiya na Tsakiya na tsakiya da ake kira quetzal. Wannan adon ya kwashe shi a azurfa a cikin wasikar wasika a cikin gurasar da aka yi a gindin gine-ginen da aka karanta kawai "Quezal". Sauran alamomi na iya karanta "Quezal NY" ko Quezal tare da takarda na ado ko wasika da kuma adadi.
Shuman ya lura cewa ba a yi alama ba a farkon matakan, kuma a wani lokaci ana iya rikicewa tare da na'urar ta Gilashi Steuben da Tiffany ta Favrile saboda irin wannan ƙarancin sha'awa.
An yi amfani da takardun takarda daga kimanin 1907 a. Wadannan sune masu suturar nau'i-nau'i , kuma an haɗa su da gilashin. Lokacin da aka cire su ko kuma suka tafi, an bar gilashin ba tare da an cire shi ba.