Graal Vase
Artist: (Engraver) Heinrich Wollman (Swedish)
Artist: (Glassblower) Knut Bergkvist (Swedish)
Designer: Niels Tove Edward Hald (Swedish, 1883-1980)
Manufacturer: Orrefors Glasbruk (Swedish, 1898-present)
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
H: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); Diam: 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)
Medium: Colorless, opaque burgundy red, and brownish-yellow glass; blown, overlaid, engraved, encased (graal technique), and applied.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2004.83
DescriptionVase consisting of a funnel-shaped bowl, followed by a hollow, ovoid knop, and a trumpet-shaped foot. The vessel is embellished overall with engraved decoration of stylized flowers and linear scrolls in burgundy red on a brownish-yellow base. Applied dark red trails around the lip and the foot rim.
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