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Huge signed, labelled 1950s Bengt Orup vase for Johansfors

Of all that we've owned, this is probably my favourite Bengt Orup design. Simple and beautiful, it's similar to one of our favourite Holmegaard designs, a very big Per Lutken vase (see the photo below, or http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces...
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Signed Jaako Niemi for Nuutajarvi Notsjo 1964 heavy sommerso bowl

We don't know much about Niemi, but this was such a beautiful design, we had to have it.  He seems to have designed at Nuutajarvi Notsjo from at least the mid-50s until the mid-60s.  Nuutajarvi Notsjo is the oldest glass factory in Finla...
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Signed Vicke Lindstrand 1950s Kosta Arabesk bowl

Once again, Lindstrand comes up with glass like nothing that anyone had made before, and no-one since - a wonderful design.  This piece is a set with: http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/2563 The last picture shows them toget...
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Signed Bengt Orup 1960s art glass bowl for Hyllinge

Here's a bargain piece in lovely condition.  Bengt Orup worked for Johansfors from 1951 to 1973 but also had a brief spell of freelancing for Hyllinge in 1963, during which time he designed this simple but stylish bowl in clear and gray glass...
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Swedish 1950s Spun glass bowl - Edenfalk for Skruf

This was designed by Bengt Edenfalk for Skruf in the mid to late 1950s and was like nothing that had been seen before.  A vase in this series was included in a major exhibition of modern glass at the Corning Glass Museum in 1959.  Edenfa...
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Inebriated king - HOLMEGAARD pinched, leaning 'kuttrolf' decanter with crown stopper

Here's drunken royalty - the combination of the "drunken" shape and the crown stopper are relatively hard to find.  The pinched "kuttrolf" decanter is a traditional design at both Kastrup and Holmegaard, (Holmegaard eventu...
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Labelled 'Rhapsody' Czech 'breast vase' designed Frantisek Zemek 1956

This has been in our collection for 6 years. Initially we didn't know what it was but we always thought it was a special piece. After a few years we bought some labelled pieces that were clearly from the same series (see Labelled Czech 'Rhapsody...
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1970s Mona Morales Schildt Kosta pig figurine

We picked this pig up as one of a number of pieces in a lot at an auction. Love the squashed-looking nose.  The end of the curly tail is missing, as shown best in the third photo, hence the super-low price. The number tells us that it was...
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1960 Orrefors cut crystal vase by Ingeborg Lundin

I have written before about how the best of the cut glass from the middle of the 20th century is underrated by glass collectors. It has been overshadowed by the coloured glass that came out in that era. One of the big issues with clear glass is ...
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Mona Morales Schildt sommerso vase with cut optic effects

We've sold a couple of Morales Schildt's clear crystal pieces in designs similar to this. One of our good customers asked us to find a sommerso coloured version and we've come up with this. We think it's magnificent design and it goes straight o...
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