FINE Saara Hopea crystal & blue paperweight SIGNED
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Wonderful blue & crystal paperweight by Saara Hopea, signed on the base and dated 1963. 2 inches in height and 4 inches in diameter FINE condition. "Saara Hopea worked for Kaj Franck at Nuutajarvi from 1952 to 1959. She was very talented. She produced simple and strong glass in bold colours. One of her trade marks was the combination of clear and coloured glass with bubbles trapped between to create unusual effects. One of her classics was a design called the Panther vase or Vase Pantteri. It is a clear thick walled glass vase, with airtraps and either green or purple spots of colour. Saara Hopea won a silver medal at the Milan Triennales for her stacking tumblers in 1954. They were in production until 1968. She won another silver medal t in 1957. She also worked at Arabia with Kaj Franck at the same time (1952 to 1959) designing ceramics. She made a startling hors-d'oeuvres tray with multiple bowls joined delicately together in a black glaze. She married the enamellist Oppi Untracht in 1960 and moved to America. Although her family were already involved in the silver business, it is generally considered that she learnt and developed her enamelling from her husband. Her enamelled pieces of work were sold through shops such as Potter and Mellen Inc and retail outlets for Georg Jensen. She overlapped transparent layers of colour over
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