Artěl plugs

souvenir both pieces marked with printed mark Lázně Luhačovice, Prague, design and design probably by V. Špála for Artěl around 1920, turned wood, brightly painted, cork, height 9 and 9,5 cm

Lit.: Jiří Fronek, Artěl: art for everyday life 1908-1935 (Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2009). The toy was its basic article and its authors, besides V. H. Brunner, Jaroslav Benda and Jan Konůpek. The toys were designed by, probably made the prototypes themselves and produced them in small numbers small turners. The artists then painted them themselves, as well as the aforementioned sponge boxes. The painters were soon joined by Slavoboj Tusar and Václav Špála." together