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I initially attributed this vase to Iittala. However, it was unsigned and unconfirmed so I listed it at a giveaway price of $50. It turns out that I was wrong. Carola, a very knowledgable correspondent from Sweden, has provided me with the last...
This is a lamp designed by Mona Morales Schildt for Kosta, from the 1963 Ventana series. The Ventana series was made in the sommerso style and has cut and polished 'windows'. This is a particularly attractive blue. It's signed on the base with Mo...
We love these Kosta off-centre green vases. The off-centre design was the innovation of master glassblower Bengt Hientze and designer Vicke Lindstrand. The bold green confounds those who see Swedish mid-century glass as being all austere greys a...
This is a heavy piece at more than 2kg. It would display well with other Lindstrand controlled bubble pieces such as Lindstrand signed Kosta bowl with bubbles or Pair of mid-century Vicke Lindstrand Kosta vases. Height: 5 cm Length: 21 cm (8.5...
This doesn't have a cigarette rest, but it was probably designed as an ashtray (now a rarity because no-one makes them anymore). This piece by Finnish designer Markku Salo pays homage to the seminal Aalto bowl (see the last photo), the design of ...
Spend a little time on our video
Excuse us if we show off a little. The glass in the video ranges from $50 to $5000. With one or two exceptions, it's glass from the most recent pieces we've listed on our site - about 50-60 pieces from our reference numbers 2500-2800. Some of them are sold, some aren't. We wanted to give people a snapshot, and it's something you can show someone else and - in 3 minutes - give them an appreciation for some of the range and beauty of mid-century "modernist" glass.
Peter Hattaway Changes to the colour scheme of our website
Merry Christmas
16 December 2009
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
William Morris, designer (1834-1896)
Morris' rule can be applied to our website too, I think. Our glass should be beautiful; everything else on the website should be useful. The point of the website is to show off the glass, and glass displays best against a black or white background, therefore the website's colours should be black and white. Black was a little too severe so we've gone with charcoal. At the same time we've improved the speed of loading of the site. We hope you like it.
Peter Hattaway
27 November 2009
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