vase
Object NameUnica Vase
Maker
Viktor (Vicke) Emanuel Lindstrand
(Swedish, 1904-1983)
Maker
Kosta Glasbruk AB
Made FromLead Glass
Date1958
Place MadeSweden, Kosta
TechniqueMold blown, cased, cut
SizeOverall H: 12 cm, W: 18.5 cm
Accession Number61.3.282
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Decades in Glass: The 50's
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent blue-grey, deep red lead glasses; blown, cooled, cut or sandblasted, reheated, cased, blown; cut, polished. Deep colorless thick-walled faceted bowl with wide opening ground and polished flat, walls tapering to narrow base; internal non-repeating "graal" decoration of red squares, rectangles and "L"s (some solid, some with center decoration) within grid of red and blue-gray with minute oval airtraps, decoration tapers to swirl at base; outside walls have been cut in broad vertical panels that narrow towards base; overall polishing; base ground and polished flat; inscribed in block letters on base: "KOSTA/SWEDEN/VICKE LINDSTRAND/(in script) Unique 898".Provenance
Source
Kosta Glasbruk AB
- 1961
