Vintage art glass for sale

1964 labelled Paul Kedelv for Reijmyre Sargasso set

This is a great design, and a great set. We have another example of the bowl, in blue, but this is the first chance we've had to own it in green, or with the vase. Lesley Jackson, in 20th Century Factory Glass, says that: "in the early 1960...

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Westerberg for Pukeberg labelled sculpture with primitive designs

We've just sold an Uno Westerberg design, so here's another one for your viewing pleasure. This is an "ice block" of cast glass, designed by Westerberg from the 1960s, with primitive, tribal designs of (I think) dragons. Pina & Vig...

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Zelezny Brod Czech fish sculpture

Here's the second Zelezny Brod piece, a fish sculpture in the distinctive shade of brown used in many of the vintage pieces from this factory. Height: 16 cm (6.5 inches) Length: 16.5 cm Weight: 830 g Condition: two less than 0.5mm fleabites...

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Not for sale - NZ stock which may be affected by 22-Feb earthquake

17 inch Czech double sommerso vintage vaseline art glass centrepiece This is a monster piece - 4.25kg or about 9 pounds. It has uranium oxide in the one of the layers which makes it fluoresce green under UV black light. (See the 3rd photo.)&nbs...

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1940s Signed Bergh for Kosta facet-cut sommerso vase

Elis Bergh was design director at Kosta from 1929 until his retirement in 1950, when he was replaced by Vicke Lindstrand. Some of Bergh's pieces, such as this 8-sided sommerso vase, foreshadow the style of glass that would prove to be so successf...

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Labelled 1940s Murano lamp with controlled bubbles and gold

This is the sort of piece that words and pictures can't do justice to.  It looks good in the photos, I think, but you'll find it much more impressive in real life.  It's clever design, with an elegant shape and applied leaf 'feet' which ...

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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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