Vintage art glass for sale

Lindstrand signed Kosta bowl with bubbles

Here's a Lindstrand bowl for under $100.  It's one with some character - it appears to have been given as a gift to the "boss" in 1958. Height: 6 cm Length: 17.5 cm (7 inches) Width: 8.5 cm Engraved "Kosta LH 1342" t...

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Signed PU3632 Sven Palmqvist 1960 Orrefors art glass vase

This design, by the famous Sven Palmqvist, is in the 1960 Orrefors catalogue.  It came in three sizes - 105mm, 150mm, and 200mm in clear and steel-gray.  Ours is a slightly oversized version of the middle-size. Height: 16 cm Width: ...

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Vicke Lindstrand rare brown 1950s zebra vase

These Zebra vases - stunning pieces - are usually  a mass of clear crystal plus brick red and white but this one is crystal with a dark chocolate brown and white zebra pattern.  We believe the co-designer, "HD", was Hanne Dreut...

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FAW Johansson 1950s cobalt ashtray with controlled bubble pattern attributed to Aseda

The firm of W Johansson ("FAW Johansson" in Swedish) was, as we understand it, primarily a design shop, getting other Swedish glassmakers to make their product, which Johansson then sold.  This distinctive, heavy, bubbled and ribbed...

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Ice blue Per Lutken Holmegaard set of ice buckets and bowl with handles

This, to me, is what the best of modernist design is about - simple, practical, pieces which you can either use in your home and/or put on display as a feature.  You certainly don't need to hide them away in a cupboard.  Two of these...

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Signed Sven Palmqvist 1960 sommerso vase for Orrefors

This simple, classic Palmqvist design is shown in the 1960 Orrefors catalogue.  It is signed and bears an Orrefors label.  Other Palmqvist pieces are shown at: http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/search/palmqvist Height: 22cm Wid...

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Signed 1960s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta 'carved' bowl

This is a very cool piece in every sense - first it's very stylish and it second looks like it was chipped from ice.  Think for a moment about the time and skill required to make this without breaking the glass.  Lindstrand was fortunate...

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Nils Landberg for Orrefors Tan-si footed bowl

This series was called Tan-si.  Nils Landberg (1907-1991) worked for Orrefors, for 45 years. Landberg won the gold medal at the 1957 Milan Triennale for his tulip vases. See also the Tan-si vase listed on the site. Diameter: 13.5 cm (5.25...

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Edward Hald for Orrefors fishgraal - 2nd of 2

For the full story on how these are made, see http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/2493 This one was made in 1961.  The two are a nicely matched pair in size, with different styles of fish on each one.  If you want a classic...

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Edward Hald for Orrefors fishgraal - 1st of 2

The Graal glass technique was invented at Orrefors Glasbruk in Sweden, in 1916 by.  In simple terms, the glassmakers create a piece with different coloured layers of glass, allow it to cool, then cut a design in one of the coloured layers to ...

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