a ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors 1951, no 166.
Oval with lattice decoration in blue against orange-red, signed ORREFORS SWEDEN RAVENNA 166 Sven Palmqvist. 22 x 16.5 cm, height 15 cm.
A little polished around the base and a small chips on the foot rim.
Andres Laszlo Jr. Collection, acquired in 1986.
André Laszlo, "Swedish Art Glass", Sellin & Blomquist, 1991, the bowl illustrated on p 49.
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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