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Large signed 'In the Harbour' 1950s Vicke LINDSTRAND engraved vase

This vase is shown in the 1955/56 Kosta catalogue.  On the whole, critics loved Lindstrand's engraved glass designs for Orrefors pre-1940 but were somewhat dismissive of the Kosta work.  This is currently being reevaluated.  There w...
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Pair of heavy signed Lindstrand paper weights with 'flames' of bubbles

Often pieces go on the website, then sell the same day, to the chagrin of customers who say, 'I would have liked that!"  We have quite a lot of people who have asked us to let them know when we are about to list 'something special'. ...
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Vicke Lindstrand mid-1950s art glass vase with purple lines

Here's the companion piece to the bowl I've just listed - Vicke Lindstrand 1950s art glass bowl with purple lines.  The last photo shows them together. It's a triangular shape with a heavy base. Other numbers in this series appeared in the ...
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1970s 'Rantakivet' paperweight by Helena Tynell for Riihimaki

This Finnish paperweight is particularly hard to photograph and the photos are not doing justice to it but ...we have a video which gives a 360 degree view and should give people a better understanding of it. Height: 6 cm Width: 8.5 cm ...
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Large Hadeland 1950s Greenland set by Arne Jon Jutrem

This is a wonderful Grønlandsserien ("Greenland series") platter and bowl set by Norwegian firm, Hadeland. The series won a gold medal at the "Triennale di Milano" in 1954. We sold this set to friends some years ago and ...
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1959 Kaj Franck for Nuutajarvi Notsjo dark purple sommerso vase

This simple, streamlined design is KF260 by Kaj Franck, one of the superstars of 20th century design (in glass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, etc, etc). He was a Lunning Prize winner, and recipient of a variety of medals and prizes at Milan Trien...
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1950s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta signed bowl

Continuing with the Vicke Lindstrand theme, this Kosta piece is part of the Dark Magic series. The base shows heavy wear, which isn't ideal of course, and this is reflected in the price.  That's what 60 years of being moved around on furnitur...
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1960s Aseda vase with heavy base and turned lip

This is an interesting one. This piece was sold to us as a Kaj Franck piece, but when we checked our research books for this piece we found that although it's very similar to Franck's model no 260 for Nuutajarvi (see the second to last photo which...
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Labelled Coquille Flygsfors 1950s butterfly vase

Here's another of Paul Kedelv's bold, distinctive Flygsfors designs, well-photographed by Pernilla. The mix of sommerso (the double-pronged pink base always reminds me of the roots of a tooth suspended in crystal) and colour layered over white gla...
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1960s FM Konstglas labelled crystal elephant

This is to remind the lovers of coloured glass just how beautiful clear crystal can be.  It's by FM Konstglas and it's a mix of Murano and Sweden.  The Marcolin brothers trained on Murano, moved to Ronneby, Sweden, brought in some Italia...
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