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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Vase

1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, Sweden, Småland, designed by Vicke (Victor) Lindstrand, for Orrefors glassworks, 1930


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Acid-etched and enamelled glass
Brief description
Vase, Sweden, Småland, designed by Vicke (Victor) Lindstrand, for Orrefors glassworks, 1930
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'OF 30 LI 53' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
Purchased with other glasses by Orrefors from the 'Exhibition of Swedish Industrial art', Dorland House, London, 1931 which was drawn from the much larger exhibition 'Stockhomsutstållningen', Stockholm, 1930, for which Lindstrand's painted glass was made especially but discontinued shortly after.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie,J: Scandinavian ceramics & glass in the 20thC
Other number
9535 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.56-1931

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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