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Object NamePlate

Designer Olle Alberius (Swedish, 1926-1993)

Manufacturer Orrefors Glasbruk

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1977

Techniqueblown, applied, engraved, carved

SizeH: 4.8 cm, D: 37.9 cm

Accession Number80.3.7

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Sweden, Orrefors

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent purple, and opaque orange non-lead glasses; blown, applied, engraved, carved. Shallow, circular shape with slightly curved sides; large applied oval pad of purple glass behind a smaller pad of opaque orange glass; engraved decoration on the front, with rounded petals roughly engraved around the purple and orange areas to suggest a flower, with roughly engraved striations and a field of rounded lobes in the center (appearing almost like stippling); multi-part stem and two pointed-oval, veined leaves deeply carved on the reverse side; bottom polished flat; inscribed (scratched) along the back edge, at the top: "Orrefors Expo A611-77 Olle Alberius".
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