RARE Orrefors Scandinavian Art Glass NATICAL SHIP VASE Vicke Lindstrand DECO Vtg
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This vase is important because the engraving was designed and executed by Swedish designer Vicke Lindstrand. Lindstrand worked for Orrefors between 1928 and 1940, which gives a good date range for this vase. … Rare . 1930’s … Scandinavian Art Glass … Orrefors . Fine Crystal Since 1898 . Sweden … NATICAL VASE … Designer: Vicke Lindstrand … Features: Clear Heavy Crystal Body . Engraved Ship In Full Sail (Possibly cut by Karl Rossler) . Dimensional Undulating Waves Internal To Body � … Signed: “Orrefors . L. (Lindstrand) . 1476 . A5” … Size: 7.5” High . 3.5” Base . 4.5” Mouth … Condition = Vintage . Very Good! . Does show correct shelf ware on bottom … A Classic Not Often Seen On The Market! … Truly wonderful piece of Swedish Modernism, showing how advanced the glass designers and artists at Orrefors were in the 1930s, and how they influenced other companies in the following decade. Lindstrand (1904-1983) was the young star designer at Orrefors from 1928 to 1940. At that point he left, intending to go to America. However, the war got in the way. He was under a restraint of trade clause preventing him from designing glass in Sweden, so instead spent the next 10 years designing ceramics for Upsala-Ekeby. When the restraint of trade expired in 1950, there was something of a bidding war from glassmakers for his services. He went to Kosta
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