Not on display

Vase

1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Orrefors Glasbruk (manufacturer)
Gate, Simon (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Clear colourless glass with black glass foot and rim

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Glass
Glass
Brief description
Vase, Sweden, designed by Simon Gate, for Orrefors Glassworks, 1930
Physical description
Clear colourless glass with black glass foot and rim
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.0cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
Incised 'ORREFORS 1930 G.U.67' (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
This vase was purchased with seven others from the 'Exhibition of Swedish Industrial Art', held in London in 1931.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat. 449
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.54-1931

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7000/vase-gate-simon/
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