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Ernest Gordon large 50s or 60s sculptural sommerso vase for Afors

Ernest Gordon was an Englishman who designed for Afors from 1953 to 1963.  This is a large, heavy double sommerso piece.  The lower part of the vase has layers of blue then brown, cased with clear.  The upper part doesn't have the b...
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Signed 1950s Lindstrand 'Atlantis' vase with purple fishnet and cut school of fish

BUYER FEEDBACK:  "my fellow glass aficionados, just wanted to drop you a line in between client sessions to let you know that the shipment arrived today. the atlantis vase is so much more striking than it appears in the photographs, and...
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1970s 3.3kg signed Olle Alberius Orrefors crystal art glass elephant

One of our customers tells us that he has this same piece, received as a gift in 1975.  We love the designs of Olle Alberius.  He covers a wide range of styles - very strong on engraved and cut crystal, but also worked with ravenna, graa...
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Signed Bengt Edenfalk crystal art glass vase for Skruf

This is an early design (probably 1950s or early 60s) from a designer who would go on to become a major force in Scandinavian glass design.  Edenfalk is most famous for his Talatta technique designs.  This piece was blown into a mould, a...
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1970s 2kg signed Bertil Vallien Boda sculpture on wooden base

Vintage art glass sculptures will almost always be more scarce than vases. When it's mounted on a wooden base, you know that it was considered to be something special when it was originally sold.  I'd never seen this design before Pernilla ma...
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Unusual mid-century vase with applied ribs

Height: 17cm (6.75 inches) Width: 18cm Weight: 1.75kg Condition: Excellent. A few minor scratches around the outside, moderate wear to the base
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Signed 1960s Kumela Armando Jacobino duck figurine

Kumela was a Finnish firm.  Armando Jacobino, an Italian master glassblower, was also Kumela's most important designer.  He worked there from 1959 to 1970.  Pina & Vigier (Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000 Smoke & Ice) value thes...
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Mid-century Strombergshyttan ice bucket

This is a functional, beautiful object in which to hold your ice cubes - stylish mid-century glass from a high quality manufacturer whose work, we believe is under-rated and bargain priced.  We've had this listed with photos which didn't do t...
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Signed Vicke Lindstrand 'Trad i dimma' - Trees in Mist - 1951 for Kosta

Kosta master glass-blower, Bengt Heintze was quoted in his biography, Master Bengt: the Glass Legend of Sweden (Hans-Olaf Lundmark, 1995) as saying: Vases like Trees in Mist, Autumn, and Abstract are some of the most beautiful pieces I have made....
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Signed Vicke Lindstrand Kosta brick red off-centre vase set

We sold a green set of these in October 2006 (http://www.modernistglass.com/glasspieces/view/1855).  Our own set of these in green is arguably the most beautiful we own.  Soon - perhaps next month - we may finally succeed in getting the ...
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