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Object NameBottle Vase
Maker Gunnel Sahlin (Swedish, born 1954)
Maker Kosta Boda AB
Maker Jan Nilsson (b. 1940)
Maker Jan Olof Augustsson (Swedish, b. 1955)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1990-1991
Place MadeSweden
Techniqueblown,cased,assembled while hot,partly acid-etched
SizeH: 40.8 cm, D: 13.4 cm
Accession Number92.3.51
Credit LineGift of Kosta Boda AB
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Gallery Orrefors Costa Boda/Ystad Kunsthall)
Latin Love
Latin Love
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent chartreuse and amethyst cased in colorless lead glasses; blown, cased,a ssembled while hot, partly acid-etched or sandblasted. Tall green waisted vessel with narrow, extended, slightly curved amethyst "stem" neck with lipless fire polished opening, neck widens slightly toward joint with body, neck is decorated with a single dark broad picked-up line (with pointed ends) that extends almost length of neck; walls have been tooled into two almost equal bublbous sections (top section is smaller than the lower), body etched to create matte surface; base of body is ground flat, no pontil; faintly scratched on base near edge: "KOSTA BODA (script) Gunnel Sahlin SWIRL 1990".
Provenance
Source Kosta Boda AB
pitcher
975-1025
beaker
800-999
carafe
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
about 1950-1959
vase
Verreries de Vallérysthal
about 1897
canteen
800-999
bottle
1-99