goblet

Object NameTall Goblet

Makerpossibly Henry Karlsson

Maker Orrefors Glasbruk

Maker Nils Landberg (Swedish, 1907-1991)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1957

Place MadeSweden, Orrefors

TechniqueBlown

SizeOverall H: 50.6 cm, D(foot): 12.5 cm

Accession Number61.3.362

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPale smokey grey cased in colorless bowl and most of stem/foot except for short section of pure colorless where bowl and stem meet; blown. Tall goblet with elongated ovoid bowl, very narrow lipless opening with firepolished rim; base of bowl flows into short solid colorless section which is part of tall thin hollow conical stem and foot (one gather); circular foot has turned-under rim; inscribed on base of foot rim: "ORREFORS EXPO N.U. 311-57. N. LANDBERG".
Provenance