Vintage art glass for sale

On hold - Stickered Strombergshyttan opalescent vase

Continuing our quest to offer you a range of the most interesting mid-century modernist art glass from Scandinavia and Italy, this is opalescent glass, cased in crystal, from Strombergshyttan of Sweden.  The usual way to create opalescent gla...

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Vicke Lindstrand signed 1960s 'Patina' vase with cut lenses

The Patina vase was a good seller for Kosta in the 1960s but few of them come up for sale.  They are textured on the inside, smooth on the outside.  The 'patina' - named for the fine layer of oxide and wear that forms on metal or furnitu...

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Stromberg sommerso bowl #5 - chocolate, 6-sided with thick polished rim

This one, number 5 in our Stromberg cigarette bowl series is not signed or labelled but is clearly another mid-century piece from Swedish firm, Strombergshyttan.  'Sommerso' is the Italian for submerged and describes this technique by which a...

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Stromberg sommerso bowl #4 - labelled, chocolate with thick polished rim

Here's number 4 in this series.  They're all slightly different variations on the theme.  This one is squarish with a flat rim. For the others, see: http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/2664  http://www.modernistgla...

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Holmegaard 1976 Lutken 'Cascade' footed bowl

I've just listed a piece which I said was reminiscent of Per Lutken's Cascade series for Holmegaard, (see http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/2084) so here's an example of that series.  This design is shown on p89 of Lutken's poeti...

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Signed and labelled 1959 Vicke Lindstrand vase #2 for Kosta

Here's the larger of the two 'wine glass' shaped Lindstrand vases, the second of our bargain pieces from the 'back of the website.  This is the clear version.  Vase #1 can be found at: http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/15...

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Signed 1959 Vicke Lindstrand vase #1 for Kosta

When we first set up the website, nearly two years ago, Glen, who was working with us at the time, listed quite a lot of glass with just pictures and weights.  The pictures were from Pernilla's old camera, and weren't very good.  The int...

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Mid-century Holmegaard ice bucket with wicker handle

This is a well-designed ice-bucket - it's big and heavy and has a woven handle (see close-up).  I was inspired to list this by my own experience with vintage Holmegaard tableware.  We have a Holmegaard water jug which holds nearly 5 litr...

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Pair of signed 1960s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta off-centre vases with bubbles

Here's a stylish set in full lead crystal from Kosta, designed by Vicke Lindstrand.  The vases are a variation of the off-centre design which he played with around this time - this was shown in the 1962-63 catalogue - and a large, carefully p...

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Signed 1970s Royal Krona set of 3 vases by Bengt Edenfalk

These are classic 1970s molded vases from Bengt Edenfalk.  Edenfalk, the inventor of the Thalatta technique, has had a long and distinguished career in glass design in Sweden, notably with Skruf and Kosta, and in more recent times as a free-l...

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