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Set of signed 1947 Iittala Kaj Franck bowls with sodium bubbles

The smaller of these is model number 3256, as shown in Iittala: 150 Years of Finnish Glass, Marianne Aav (ed.), p253. It was designed in 1947 and made until 1954. The larger bowl is clearly a variation. A number of other variations are shown in...
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Labelled Czech 'Rhapsody' set designed Frantisek Zemek 1956

You will find few other designs from this era which have so many colours of glass in one piece, with each separate and distinct from the other, rather than merging together or overlapping. It's clever and meticulous glassmaking by craftsmen workin...
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1970s Monica Backstrom Boda vase and egg

In the 1970s Monica Backstrom designed a series of eggs with mottled surfaces for Boda, the firm she joined in 1965. This one, with brown on duck egg blue is a particularly attractive colour combination. The vase is in the same colours and they ...
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Lundin for Orrefors yellow penguin-shaped beak vase

This penguin-shaped beak vase was designed by 1954 Lunning Prize winner, Ingeborg Lundin, for Orrefors, probably in the 1960s.  Lundin worked for Orrefors from 1952 to 1971, one of the first female designers to design for a major glassmaker. ...
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Alvar Aalto 'Aalto' vase for Iittala - the best-known glass object in the world

This was described by Magnus Englund and Chrystina Schmidt in their book, "Scandinavian Modern" (Ryland, Peters & Small, London and New York, 2003) as "Perhaps the best-known glass object in the world..."  It is certai...
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Large signed Orrefors bowl - probably 1990s

We don't list many big flat bowls, but here is the first of two I'll list today.  Both are relatively modern.  This is both signed and labelled with the company name, but doesn't give a designer.  It's a quality piece in a nice size...
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48cm, 2.9kg Lindstrand 'fish' platter for Kosta

This outstanding piece imposed new challenges on our photography;  it's too big for our set, and only fits in at an angle.  It's all clear crystal; any dark bits are reflections. Length: 48cm (19.25 inches) Height: 6cm Width: 15cm ...
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Signed 36cm Vicke Lindstrand 1950s spiral Kosta bowl

Merry Christmas to all our customers and friends. It's Christmas day and as my kids woke me two hours before my alarm would have, I have time to list a piece of glass - something I didn't have time for on Christmas eve. The Italians call the tec...
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1950s Stromberg facet-cut vase

Facet-cut glass with a 'sommerso' ('submerged') or 'underlayed' coloured centre was designed in the 1950s and made in Sweden, Italy, and Czechoslovakia. It was a winning combination then and it still is today. The designs changed slightly over t...
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1960s Stromberg facet-cut vase

Here's another Stromberg facet-cut vase, this one in clear crystal with the faint blue tinge that came from the recipe the firm used for its glass. The numbering on this one tells us that it is from the late 1950s or 1960. (The 1959/60 catalogue...
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