Vintage art glass for sale

Striking vintage mezze filigrano plate

Mezza filigrana means, literally, half filigree. It's a Murano style of glass design of fine, parallel, coloured threads between layers of crystal. Most filigrana features fine, delicate lines of filigree. This one is a classic spiral design, bu...

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Stylish Ermanno Toso design for Fratelli Toso - triangular bowl with murrines

This is one we've held onto since 2006 as a particularly fine example of this style, but the time has come to let it go. Other examples in this style have a mix of murrines (slices of glass cane) of lots of different flower patterns but this one h...

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BARGAIN Christer Sjogren vase for Lindshammar

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 th...

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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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