Simon Gate
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A set of three pressed glass vases, Orrefors 1930.
Green and blue coloured glass, marked Orrefors gp14. Height 15,5-16 cm, diameter 19,2-20,2 cm.
Minor wear.
Provenance
Torbjörn Lenskog Collection
Literature
Ann Marie Herlitz-Gezelius, "Orrefors. Ett svenskt glasbruk", Stockholm 1984, see the model illustrated p 57.
Bukowskis Modern spring sale 2005, compare catalogue nr 999, Gunnar Hävermark Collection, nr 316.
More information
The model was designed for the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, together with other pressed glass vases by Simon Gate and Edward Hald.
Designer
Simon Gate was a Swedish glass artist, painter, and designer. After studying at the Academy of Arts, he started working at the Orrefors glass factory. Together with the glass artist Edward Hald, he contributed to the glass factory's first international success. From 1916, Simon Gate produced the so-called ’graal’ glass, which master blower Knut Bergqvist further developed from cameo glass. Today, the graal glass pieces from Orrefors are among the most sought-after pieces of art glass among Swedish collectors. Together with Knut Bergqvist, he also created the so-called ’slottsglas’ which have received much attention recently. Simon Gate also became famous for his engraving compositions on the glasses, which were decorated with, among other things, processions and dancing women.
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