Graal Vase

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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)

Date1920

DimensionsH: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); Diam: 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)

MediumColorless, opaque burgundy red, and brownish-yellow glass; blown, overlaid, engraved, encased (graal technique), and applied.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2004.83

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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.

Label TextInvented at Orrefors, “graal” glass—colored relief decorations encased in colorless glass—was named for the Holy Grail.Published ReferencesModern Art Sale, Bukowskis Auktioner, Stockholm, Sweden, November 5, 2004, lot 955.

Exhibition HistoryStockholm, Sweden, National Museum of Sweden, "Orrefors 100 år" (One hundred years of Orrefors), 1998, no. 70.