Graal
Vase
1918 (made)
1918 (made)
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Vase decorated using the "Graal" technique. Dished bowl with stem of three knops which lead to a slightly flaired flat foot. It is hand blown and engraved. It is designed with blue vertical bands of calligraphic patterning.
Object details
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| Title | Graal (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Graal (Grail) technique glass, hand blown, engraved |
| Brief description | Vase from the "Graal" range, designed by Simon Gate, made by Knut Bergkvist and engraved by Heinrich Wollman at Orrefors glassworks, Sweden, Småland, 1916-18 |
| Physical description | Vase decorated using the "Graal" technique. Dished bowl with stem of three knops which lead to a slightly flaired flat foot. It is hand blown and engraved. It is designed with blue vertical bands of calligraphic patterning. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'SGraal Orrefors 1918 HW KB' incised (Makers's marks) |
| Gallery label | The 'Graal' technque was developed by Knut Bergvist, with the designers Simon Gate and Edward Hald and first launched in 1916. The first gather of glass is engraved or acid-etched with a pattern and then covered with further layers of glass, some of them coloured. Re-heated, the glass is then blown to the required shape and this process accounts for the 'stretched' appearance of the pattern. This early example is recorded in the photographic archive at Orrefors. It cost Kr.200 when new. The numbers made and the dates are unknown but no other examples have come to light. |
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| Other number | 7569 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.363-1993 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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