Unique signed 1974 Orrefors vase

Here's a fun piece of glass art, with randomly placed knobs of glass, daubed with blue, mirroring the shape and colour of the neck of the vase.  It was made at Orrefors' School of Glass in 1974 and signed accordingly. 

The school has since become the Swedish National School of Glass.  According to their website - http://www.riksglasskolan.se/schoolofglass/pages/history.php - "around 1960 Orrefors glassworks started an unofficial glass education in corporation with Nybro Vocational school. The glass-related, practical parts were taught in the factory by special personnel and the theoretical subjects were taught one day a week at Nybro Vocational school.  In 1969, the municipality of Nybro took over all responsibility for the school of glass.  New curricula were worked out by the teachers in order to adapt the education to modern conditions.  Until 1979, the school of glass was housed in the buildings of Orrefors glassworks."

Height: 17.5cm
Width: 16cm
Weight: 1490g
Engraved "GLASSKOLAN OF -74" (school of glass Orrefors 1974) to the base
Condition: light wear to the base, a 2mm x 5mm shallow fleck underneath one of the "knobs", some unintended bubbles (largest - underneath the edge of the folded rim - 8mm), a couple of scratches elsewhere (longest 5mm), some unintended bubbles, largest a 2mm x 7.5cm (3 inch) unintended bubble close to the rim 8see pictures) and a fine line from different layers of glass from manufacture inside the rim (see pictures), a couple of scratches elsewhere (longest 5mm), faint cloudiness

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This item has sold for US $160.00

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