Vintage art glass for sale

Kaj Franck 1963 bowl for Nuutajarvi

The finest designs are often simple. A brilliant designer has a vision for a piece which is not very different from thousands of similar bowls, and yet it is different, and unique, and beautiful. This is a Kaj Franck classic for Nuutajarvi of F...

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Signed 1950s Vicke Lindstrand 'LC2' 'Colora' vase for Kosta

I think this one, in brown fading to greenish brown at the top, with ruby red stripes, is the pick of the Colora vase designs, but the colours and stripes are subtle so you'll need to enlarge the pictures to see what I mean.  The Colora serie...

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Murano bowl with bold stripes and bubble pattern

I've included a Finnish bowl, by Kaj Franck, in this batch of listings. Here's an interesting Murano bowl, by way of comparison. The Finnish version is simplicity itself, in black with a gleam of silver on the rim. The Italian version has strip...

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Signed 1959 Orrefors Expo vase - Landberg off-centre in rare size

Production versions of this design were made in 24cm, 30cm and 39cm sizes. This 11cm version is likely to be one of the few in existence in this size. From 1944, Orrefors' art glass collection was called "Expo" and produced in limited q...

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Signed 30cm Paul Kedelv 1956 Flygsfors 'Flamingo' bowl

The videos give the best understanding this piece, which was quite challenging to photograph. Kedelv is best known for his Coquille series for Flygsfors, but his Flamingo series is also attractive and collectible, but much harder to find. ...

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Engraved signed and labelled 1960s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta heron

Hans has done exceptionally well to capture the pattern in his photographs but you will need to enlarge the pictures to appreciate the detail.  I'm afraid the video doesn't help.  You'll have to look at the still photos. Our view is tha...

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Signed Stromberg 1960s sommerso vase with mass of bubbles

Swedish glassmaker, Strombergshyttan, in the 1950s and 60s specialised in particularly fine, clear crystal with an ice blue tint, and sommerso pieces.  We make a point of seeking out their sommerso vases, and we've sold a lot of them, but thi...

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Flygsfors 1950s Paul Kedelv Flamingo vase

The signature on this piece is a little confusing. It's very faint so we may be misreading it, but in any case, this is clearly an interesting variation of the Flamingo vase, one of Paul Kedelv's most memorable and distinctive series at Flygsfors....

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Signed 1960s Mona Morales-Schildt 'Ventana' perfume bottle for Kosta

Check out the video of this piece.  Mona Morales Schildt (1908-1999) had an interesting and varied career involving study in Paris, Germany, England and Sweden, stints in ceramic design, and, among other things, 12 years working for a Stockho...

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Largest Milan Metelak for Harrachov 1950s double sommerso vase with internal threads

The mystery of this piece is now solved.  Mark Hill, (www.markhillpublishing.com) has just published the catalog for Hi Sklo Lo Sklo, an exhibition of Czech glass from the 1950s to the 1970s which we highly recommend.  He's helped us to ...

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