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Signed Vicke Lindstrand 1940 Orrefors 'carved ice' 2kg bowl

BUYER COMMENT:  hi viv and peter, i've just taken delivery of my orrefors glass.'beautiful but simple' describes this piece perfectly and the quality 'carved ice' effect is stunning in all different shades of light.th...
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Signed and stickered 1960s Vicke Lindstrand vase for Kosta

In the 1960s, Lindstrand used the skills his glassblowers had developed in graduating colours (see, for example, http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/1855) to make multi-coloured pieces like this vase, which moves from pale amber to blue...
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Rare signed 1950s Vicke Lindstrand Kosta vase

This is a small but precious sommerso vase.  It is from the late 50s but didn't appear in the Kosta catalogue of 1959.  Not all designs could be fitted in the catalogue, and the design numbers jump from 1300 to 1326, omitting this design...
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Labelled 'Bonora and C' Murano textured sommerso vase

The label on this vase reads "Vetri molati" (Italian for "ground glass") "Bonora & C" ("Bonora & Co") "Murano Venezia" (Murano Venice).  This glass is very similar to pieces made by Ca...
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Documented 7.1kg Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte Biennale vase

The last picture shows a purple version of this piece in the book, Murano, Island of Glass, by Attilia Dorigato, and identifies it as a 1954 design.  It was displayed at the 1956 Venice Biennale.    This is the first time we'v...
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Bengt Edenfalk 1960s Thalatta vase for Skruf

Thalatta is similar to the Ariel glass developed at Orrefors in all but one important respect.  Thalatta is made with hot glass whereas Ariel is cooled, then engraved.  Understandably, Thalatta is generally a less precise result, giving ...
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Rare signed Flygsfors 1955 Kedelv folded bowl

This bowl is folded over so that when you look through the bowl from the side you see the organic 'camoflage' pattern four times.  This pattern has been made by the sommerso technique, similar to the Trees in Fog design of Lindstrand.  T...
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1950s Vicke Lindstrand purple line art glass (1 of 3) for Kosta

This is the first of a set of three Lindstrand pieces with purple lines. The lines are made by a variation of the sommerso technique.  This was in the 1959 Kosta catalogue. Height: 11 cm (4.5 inches) Width: 7.5 cm Weight: 460 g Engrave...
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1960s Kosta Lindstrand sommerso vase

It's been a while since I listed a piece by Vicke Lindstrand, so here's a small, affordable, classic sommerso vase. This is a piece for someone who wants something small but beautiful to fill a gap on a shelf. Height: 9 cm Width: 4 cm Weight...
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1960s Paolo Venini incalmo 'Clessidre' hourglass

"Hourglass", in Italian, is "Clessidre".  This piece is shown in the 1969 Venini Catalogo Verde, in Nigel Benson's Millars Glass of the 50s and 60s, and in Leslie Pina's Circa Fifties Glass.  The simplicity of the des...
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