Ariel
Vase
1955 (made)
1955 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Vase, Sweden, designed by Edvin Öhrström, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1955
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Ariel (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ariel technique glass |
| Brief description | Vase, Sweden, designed by Edvin Öhrström, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1955 |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Incised 'ORREFORS ARIEL No 50F EDVIN ÖHSTRÖM' (Makers's mark) |
| Gallery label | The 'Ariel' technique was developed in the late 1930's by Edvin Öhrström with Vicke Lindstrand and the master glass-blower Gustav Bergkvist. It is based on the 'Graal' technique, but incorporates a design formed with trapped air in addition to a layer or layers of different coloured glass. This vase depicts two female busts separated by panels of lines and circles. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat.
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| Other number | 9811 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.68-1989 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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