On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

ca. 1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holmegaard (manufacturer)
Bang, Jacob (designer)
Place of origin
Holmegaard (made)

Glass vase with wheel-cut unpolished decoration

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Glass with wheel-cut unpolished decoration
Brief description
Glass vase, designed by Jacob Bang, for Holmegaard Glassworks, Denmark, 1932
Physical description
Glass vase with wheel-cut unpolished decoration
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.0cm
  • Maximum width: 16.2cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
no marks
Gallery label
Jacob E Bang (1988-1965) trained as an architect, but joined Holmegaard in 1925, becoming art director in 1928. His earliest designs were freely blown shapes in light colours. This vase represents a later phase of more vigorous modernism. In 1943 he left to become art director at Nymolle Faience, and in 1957 he became art director at Kastrup glassworks which, by then, was linked with Holmegaard. Holmegaard and Royal Copenhagen Porcelain company were associated from 1923 for retailing purposes and this vase was bought from Royal Copenhagen for £1.4.0d in 1932.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat. 105
Other number
9546 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.181-1932

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6320/vase-bang-jacob/
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