bowl

Object NameBowl

Maker Orrefors Glasbruk

Maker Eva Englund (Swedish, 1931-1998)

Made FromGlass

Date1978

Techniqueblown, cased, engraved, acid-etched or sandblasted

SizeH: 11 cm, L: 18.2 cm, W: 15.3 cm

Accession Number80.3.8

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Sweden, Orrefors

Physical DescriptionColorless and purple tinted glasses; blown, cased, engraved, acid-etched or sandblasted. Ovoid shape with flared lip and solid base with inverted conical profile; rounded rim; abstract geometric decoration surrounds body, consisting of six frames composed of contrasted ogee arches, the frames separated by six vertical decorative elements, each with two four pointed stars and one central flower form of five connected circles; beneath this decoration a band with wavy line and twenty-four cut circles; a second band below the first enframes thirty-six cut circles and resembles a six pointed star when bowl is inverted and viewed from above; flat polished base signed at edge "Orrefors Expo V 158-78 Eva Englund".
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