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Glass, Room 131

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

Glass vase with turned inside and cut outside.

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Categories	Glass Vases
Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	Glass with turned inside and cut outside
Brief description	Vase, glass, designed by Edvin Öhrström, for Orrefors Glassworks, Sweden, 1937
Physical description	Glass vase with turned inside and cut outside.
Dimensions	Height: 14.5cm
Style	20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions	'ORREFORS FA 1884' (Makers's mark, incised)
Gallery label	The interior of this vase was decorated with a turn-mould, a technique developed by Öhrström. A fireclay form is inserted into a gather of hot glass and then withdrawn, in the normal way. Then decoration is made in the hot glass by incising with the turn-mould, which is similar to a metal 'comb'.
Bibliographic reference	Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat. 469
Other number	0357 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.128-1949

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6175/vase-öhrström-edvin/

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