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Czech Jizerske Sklo art glass triangular vase in transparent and matte glass

This piece is unmarked but it's a very distinctive and ingenious design - a clear bud vase set in a unique winged triangular shape of matte glass.  The particular feature, to my mind, is that the abstract swirl pattern in the matte glass is s...
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Signed John Kall 1960s glass wallhanging for Elme Glasbruk

This is a large pressed glass wallhanging of a Picasso-esque woman. It could be used as a sun catcher and the last photo shows another of these pieces, but in red, hung in the sun on our deck. The name of the artist and the company are part of t...
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Josef Schott for Smalandshyttan 1960s labelled vase

Glass designers put curves and bulbous lumps of clear glass on pieces in order to create an optical effect. Here, Josef Schott has also created one of the most interesting and complex patterns I've seen in this type of moulded piece. It's made i...
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Very large (49cm) Paul Kedelv Flygsfors 'Fantasia' art object

This is the more expensive (and of course much bigger) option to the 1950s SEA Kosta sea anemone-like glass art object, which I listed recently.  This size 'Fantasia' art object is extraordinary. They are very collectable in any size, but i...
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Set of two Per Lutken Holmegaard 'Fionia' bowls

The Fionia bowl is one of Per Lutken's classic 1950s designs.  Ice blue was, along with smoke grey, his colour of choice in the 50s.  Lutken designed for Holmegaard from 1942 until his death in 1998.  He was a genius of glass design...
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1980s Bergdala crucifix sculpture

This is signed Bergdala J. Johansson, (probably Jan Johansson). Height 19 cm (7.5 inches) Width 12,5 cm. Weight 1283 g. Production year: Mid 80's. Condition: Barely visible 1 cm scratch, lower right front side. Very minor wear to the base.
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1950s sommerso vase

Here's a fourth tall, thin vase.  We attribute this to Sea Glasbruk, the Kosta-based firm, however, it's unsigned and bears no label. It could well be from one of the other smaller Swedish firms. The quality is good and the design is clever...
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Elis Bergh 1940s signed Kosta sommerso vase

Here's the second in my tall, thin vase series of listings.  We believe this is an Elis Bergh design from the late 1940s, a period for which Kosta catalogues are hard to find.  Bergh was design director at Kosta from 1929 until his retir...
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Signed Gunnel Sahlin Kosta Boda 'Artist Collection' platter

This is a piece that says "things don't always split down the middle."  The designer plays with circles and curves.  The platter is nearly a circle but not quite, and the hypnotic, psychodelic swirls look to be going in circles...
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Signed 1970s Sandeberg sandblasted bird lamp for Kosta

These lamps by Kosta lamp specialist Ove Sandeberg are extraordinarily stylish and collectable. No-one else did anything remotely like them.  Buy them now before the prices rise even further. Height: 19cm (7.5 inches) Width: 15.5cm Weigh...
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