Swedish glass

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Stockholms Auktionsverk organizes every year in August for over twenty years specialized auctions of Swedish glass. This market is dominated by items produced by the glass factory of Orrefors, but there are other masters of Swedish glass, some of them being still active.

The masterpiece of the sale in Kosta on August 3 is a vase of 1937 by Edvin Öhrström, at number 277. It is estimated SEK 200 K, and the auction house had the courtesy to also indicate this price in a currency which is more familiar: 22 K €.

20 cm high, this glass vase is decorated in Art Deco style of a maiden figure and a standing character, supplemented by designs of plants. The colors are blue, green and orange. The auction house tells us (in Swedish) that the vase is made in a technique known as Ariel developed by the artist in collaboration with one of his colleagues called Vicke Lindstrand and a renowned glass blower named Gustaf Bergkvist. Do not confuse him with his brother Knut Bergkvist described as "legendary" in the press release.

You do not speak Swedish? Me neither. Google Translate has made such progress in recent weeks that the language barrier has come to its final end.

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

At 190 K SEK before fees, this Ariel glass was very close to its estimate.