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Ariel

Vase
1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Orrefors Glasbruk (manufacturer)
Öhrström, Edvin (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Vase, Sweden, designed by Edvin Öhrström, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1955

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
TitleAriel (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Ariel technique glass
Brief description
Vase, Sweden, designed by Edvin Öhrström, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1955
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.2cm
Style
20TH CONT
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
Bust
Circles
Bibliographic reference
Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat.
Other number
9811 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.68-1989

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5552/ariel-vase-öhrström-edvin/
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