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Pyry

Vase
1995 (designed), 1995 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Iittala Glassworks (manufacturers)
Nordström, Tiina (designer)
Place of origin
Nuutajärvi (manufactured)

Mushroom-shaped with clear bubbles.


Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Vase
TitlePyry (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Clear bubbled glass, turn mould-blown.
Glass
Turn Mould-Blown
Brief description
Mould blown, mushroom shaped, clear bubbled glas.Manufactured by Nuutajarvi, Finland, 1995.
Physical description
Mushroom-shaped with clear bubbles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.8cm
  • Diameter: 27.8cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'Tiina Nordström IITTALA 1995 "PYRY"' (maker's mark; Finnish; On base.; incised; Iittala Glass; 1995)
Gallery label
Pyry (Snowstorm) Turn mould-blown clear bubbled glass. Designed by Tiina Nordström, 1995; made by the Nuutajärvi glass team. Gift of Hackman Designor(11/1997)
Credit line
Given by Hackman Designor
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Bibliographic references
  • Austria, Sweden, Finland, the new frontiers of European glass art Milano, 1995. p.157.
  • Dawson, Jack (ed)., Finnish post war glass (1945-1996), Sunderland: University of Sunderland, 1996.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.182-1997

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Record createdDecember 30, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7299/pyry-vase-nordström-tiina/
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