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Panther

Vase
1954 (designed), 1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Nuutajärvi Glassworks (manufacturer)
Hopea-Untracht, Saara (designer)
Place of origin
Finland (made)

Vase, Finland, designed by Saara Hopea (Untracht), for Nuutajärvi glassworks, 1954-1955

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Titles
  • Panther (manufacturer's title)
  • Pantteri (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glass with coloured inclusions and bubbles
Brief description
Vase, Finland, designed by Saara Hopea (Untracht), for Nuutajärvi glassworks, 1954-1955
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'S Hopea Nuutajärvi Notsjö - 55' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
Saara Hopea (1925-84. Hopea-Untracht from 1960) trained in interior design at the Central School of Industrial Design, Helsinki. Like many of her contemporaries she excelled in a wide variety of materials. Perhaps best known for her jewellery, in the 1950s she achieved silver medals for her glass at two of the prestigious Milan Triennale. In 1952 she joined Nuutajärvi glassworks and the Arabia pottery, as an associate of Kaj Franck. Like him, she was equally at ease in designing richly decorative glass like this vase and more formally functional tableware (see 9629). This slightly tapered vase (shape no. SH109) was made in three sizes with green or purple spots and also in a cylindrical version (shape no. SH100).
Bibliographic reference
Opie, J: Scandinavia; ceramics & glass in the 20thC
Other number
9591 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.119-1988

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2261/panther-vase-hopea-untracht-saara/
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