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Simon Gate

(Sweden, 1883-1945)
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
530 - 706 EUR
552 - 737 USD
Hammer price
8 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Camilla Behrer
Stockholm
Camilla Behrer
Head of Design/ Specialist Modern & Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)708 92 19 77
Simon Gate
(Sweden, 1883-1945)

a Swedish Grace engraved glass goblet 'Sex gracer', Orrefors 1929, model 154.

Smoke coloured glass, hexagonal shape with engraved decor of female figures and ornaments, signed Gate 154 Orrefors 1929 and engraver's signature (blurred), height 23.8 cm.

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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