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Object NameBowl
Maker Eva Englund (Swedish, 1931-1998)
Maker Orrefors Glasbruk
Made FromGlass
Date1978
Place MadeSweden, Orrefors
Techniqueblown, cased, engraved, acid-etched or sandblasted
SizeH: 11 cm, L: 18.8 cm, W: 15.9 cm
Accession Number80.3.10
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless and amber tinted glasses; blown, cased, engraved, acid etched or sandblasted. Ovoid shape with flared lip and solid base with inverted conical profile; rounded rim; abstract floral and geometric decoration consists of two four pointed stars attached to crosshatch oval form spouting four leaves; this motif repeats six times, each one connected to the next by wavy lines; beneath this decoration a band with wavy line and twenty four cut circles; below first band a second band encloses thirty-six cut circles and resembles a six pointed star when bowl is inverted and viewed from above; six stalk and leaf patterns spout from regions between points of the star form; flat polished base signed at edge "Orrefors Expo V 148.78 Eva Englund".
Provenance
Source Orrefors Glasbruk - 1979-04-02
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Orrefors Glasbruk
1978
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