Not currently on display at the V&A

Vase

1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Orrefors Glasbruk (manufacturer)
Hald, Edward (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Clear green tinted glass


Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Tinted glass
Brief description
Vase, clear green-tinted glass, Sweden, designed by Edward Hald, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1930
Physical description
Clear green tinted glass
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • At widest point width: 11.7cm
  • Across points of shape depth: 5.4cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
Incised 'ORREFORS 1930 H.Z.48' (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
This vase was purchased with seven others from the 'Exhibition of Swedish Industrial Art', held in London in 1931.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat. 452
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.53-1931

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6997/vase-hald-edward/
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