Vintage art glass for sale

ON HOLD - Signed Lindstrand Kosta off-centre green vase set

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...

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Signed 1960s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta bowl with controlled bubbles

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...

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Labelled Finnish ashtray designed by Markku Salo for Arabia 1984

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 ...

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Magnor Norway vintage label 2-opening art glass vase

This is a very elegant Norwegian Magnor vase. It's been made either by blowing, in essence, two vases, then joining them together, or, more likely, blowing a long vase, pinching the middle, then creating another opening at the closed end.  Ei...

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Labelled mid-century Reijmyre glass bird on egg base

This a clever little twist on the relatively common bird sculpture. It's sitting on a sandblasted, opaque egg. Height: 13.5cm (5 inches) Width: 9.5cm Weight: 370g Stickered "REIJMYRE 1810 SWEDEN" Condition: very light wear to t...

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1970s Goran and Ann Warff candle-holder/sculpture - signed "Unikt" (unique)

Here's a special piece from Ann and Goran Warff.  There are three important points to note about this piece. First, it's an early design. This is the third variation of this design that we've listed over the years (see also http://www.moder...

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1970s Pertti Santalathi Humppila Finland Bowl

The glass designs of Santalathi tend to be roughly-hewn and rough textured, as this one is. However, when you look at the picture of this one upsidedown, you'll see that it has little knobs on the base to prevent scratching and that nothing stick...

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Ann and Goran Warff 1970s primitive-style sculpture/paper weight for Kosta

If you look carefully at the first photo you will see that there is something like a frame around the outside.  That's where the rounded glass meets the smooth, cut and polished "window".  This is a window-cut paperweight or sc...

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Paul Kedelv for Reijmyre labelled Madonna (not the pop star) figurine

This is a very stylised Madonna. The video best shows the reality of the piece. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVmbBMhUYsc We understand that the model reference is K 403. Kedelv was particularly prolific in his time at Reijmyre. For other ...

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4 Haransilma (Bullseye) bowls designed by KAJ FRANCK for NUUTAJAJRVI

This was model number 6066, designed in 1956 by Kaj Franck for Nuutaajarvi.  It was in production/in catalogue 1956-1971. It was an ashtray, made in clear, brown, green, gray, petrol green, light blue, olive in two different sizes. The small...

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