vase
- Museum number
- 2007,8039.1
- Description
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Glass vase, clear glass, flared in shape and engraved with fishermen and nets, the fishermen and boats wheel-engraved and matt-polished, the nets done in diamond point. The rim rises on one side to suggest a large wave. Factory marks on base.
- Production date
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1951-1952 (designed)
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1951-1960 (made)
- Dimensions
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Height: 280 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Vicke Lindstrand was Kosta’s chief designer from 1950-73. His engraved glass - both the designs and the innovative shapes - did much to make Kosta a rival to Orrefors, the other great Swedish glass factory, where Lindstrand had worked from 1928-40. This vase is one of a series of designs for clear glass vases of unusual and often asymmetrical shape in which the entire surface of the vessel is exploited for a single image which can be viewed from different vantage points, creating a three dimensional effect, so that motifs visible through the glass wall overlap each other. The rim of this vase rises dramatically on one side to suggest a wave. A subtle combination of different engraving techniques is used to contrast the openwork nets with the solid boats and figures.
For further information, see H. Ricke and U. Gronert, 'Glas in Schweden 1915-1960, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, published Munich 1987, pp. 42-3 and p. 212, cat. 358. See also H. Ricke and L. Thor (eds), 'Swedish Glass Factories. Production catalogues 1915-1960', Munich 1987, for a complete reproduction of the Kosta 1955-56 catalogue; this vase appears on p. 364 and the factory codes are explained on p. 342. See also N. Benson, 'Glass of the '50s & '60s. A Collector's Guide', London 2002, p. 43.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016-2017: 12 November - 22 January, BM, G90a, 'Modern design and graphics: a selection of objects and prints from post-war Europe in the British Museum'
2019 4 May – 28 Jul, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, Nordic by Nature
2019 5 Aug- 31 Oct, Old Gala House, Galashields, Nordic by Nature
2019-2020 16 Feb – 1 Feb, Thurso Art Gallery, Caithness, Nordic by Nature
2020 15 Feb – 19 Mar and 22 Jul – 20 Sep, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, Nordic by Nature
- Acquisition date
- 2007
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2007,8039.1
