flower vase

Object Name"Tulpanglas" (Tulip Glass)

Maker Orrefors Glassworks

Maker Nils Landberg (Swedish, 1907-1991)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1957

Place MadeSweden, Orrefors

TechniqueBlown

SizeOverall H: 39.7 cm, Body Diam: 6.5 cm; Base Diam: 11.15 cm; Rim Diam: 2.85 cm

Accession Number95.3.77

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Elliott, Lilias Outerbridge, Evelina Kats, Harry B. Hollins, Angelica Braestrup and Brita Bonechi in memory of Elizabeth and Göran Holmquist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Decades in Glass: The 50's

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent light smokey gray/green non-lead glass; blown, hot-worked. Tall footed vessel; narrow lipless opening with fire-polished rim, elongated tear-shaped body; narrow stem is shorter than body, where stem joins bowl it is solid and colorless then tapers in as it merges into hollow conical foot lined with the gray/green; circular base has folded-under rim; overall film on interior of bowl; engraved in block letters on base rim: "ORREFORS EXPO NU311-57".
Provenance

Source Lilias Outerbridge - 1995-11-20

Source Harry B. Hollins - 1995-11-20

Source Brita Bonechi - 1995-11-20

Source Elizabeth Elliott - 1995-11-20

Source Angelica Braestrup - 1995-11-20

Source Evelina Kats - 1995-11-20