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made at Orrefors, Sweden

Postcard of Bowl.
000-190-004-398-C
© National Museums Scotland

Bowl

This clear greyish glass bowl dates from around 1936. It was designed by Edward Hald and made at Orrefors Glass Works in Sweden.

The vase has wheel-engraved decoration depicting fish and bubbles. It is diamond-engraved with the mark 'orrefors HE127'.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Scandinavian, and particularly Swedish glass, developed what had been an insignificant industry into a major international influence through their application of functionalist, modernist theories. The centre of this new creativity was Orrefors Glassworks. Edward Hald, a painter and pupil of Matisse, was taken on by Orrefors in 1917, and had enormous influence throughout this period.


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Online ID: 000-190-004-398-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1967.829
Date: Around 1936
c. 1936 - 1937
Material: Glass, clear greyish, wheel-engraved decoration. Inscription: orrefors HE127 [diamond-engraved]
Dimensions: 83 mm H x 191 mm L x 152 mm W
What:
Subject: European glass
Who: Edvard Hald (Designer)
Orrefors Glassworks, Orrefors (Maker)
Where: Sweden, Orrefors
Event:
Description: Bowl of clear greyish glass wheel-engraved with fish and bubbles: Swedish, Orrefors, designed by Edvard Hald, by Orrefors Glassworks, c. 1936 - 1937
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