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Vicke Lindstrand

(Sweden, 1904-1983)
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Vicke Lindstrand
(Sweden, 1904-1983)

an engraved glass vase, Orrefors, Sweden 1935, model 1446.

Engraved decor with a snake charmer and three Indian cobras, signed Orrefors. Lindstrand. 1446. KR (engraved by Karl Rössler) A.1. Height 18 cm, diameter 15 cm.

The rim with insignificant chip.

Literature

H. Ricke, L. Thor, "Schwedische Glasmanufakturen, Produktionskataloge 1915-60", Münich 1987, see model 1446 illustrated p 109.

Designer

Vicke (Viktor) Lindstrand, glass artist, illustrator, textile artist and ceramic designer. He worked at Orrefors in 1928-41, where he designed glass in classic forms with engraved decor, often stylized figurative motifs. At the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, Orrefors exhibited his painted glass pieces. During the 1930s, the engraved and optic-blown glass with the "Pearl fisher" and "Shark hunter" came with its muscular bare figures. In front of the World Exhibition in Paris 1937, one starts working with the thick-walled glass, and he renewed the "graal" glass and together with Edvin Öhrström he introduced the "ariel" glass. Vicke Lindstrand was artistic director at Upsala-Ekeby 1942-50. After that he came to Kosta as an artistic director 1950-73, where he renewed the glass design and experimented with glass sculptures.

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