Sven Palmqvist, a group of four Kraka glass objects, Orrefors 1940s-50s, no 34, 170, 359 and one unsigned.

A group of four Kraka glass objects, Orrefors 1940s-50s, no 34, 170, 359 and one unsigned.

Bowl on foot with air bubbles, rim with olive-cut decoration, signed ORREFORS Kraka No. 359 (1957). Height 19 cm, diameter 19.9 cm. Vase with decoration in turquoise blue against a faintly yellow-toned ground, signed Orrefors Sweden Kraka No. 170 (1952) Sven Palmqvist, height 32 cm. Vase with decoration in light blue, signed Orrefors Sweden Kraka No. 34 (1945) Sven Palmqvist, height 36.7 cm. Bowl, decoration in yellow against a grey-toned ground, unsigned, height 9 cm, diameter 12.7 cm.

Provenance

Andres Laszlo Jr. Collection.

Exhibitions

According to the Orrefors archive catalogue, Kraka no. 34 was exhibited in Aarhus in 1947. Bukowskis thanks Björn Arfvidsson at Kulturparken Småland for this information.

More about Sven Palmqvist

Sven Palmqvist was a Swedish glass artist and designer. As a long-term employee at Orrefors glassworks, Palmqvist was the originator of several new art glass techniques. Kraka was launched in 1944 as a development of the graal glass. In 1948 came Ravenna, a combination of a colored glass plate, crushed glass and a layer of clear glass. Palmqvist had his greatest success with the bowl series Fuga.

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