An engraved glass bowl with plate, model 122, Orrefors, 1926.
Richly engraved decoration of dancing, music-making women, border ornamentation, etc. The bowl is signed ORREFORS S. GATE 122. 1926. E. WEIDLICH. Height of bowl 23 cm, diameter 27.7 cm, diameter of dish 29.3 cm.
The dish with very small nicks along the rim, partly slightly polished on the edge.
Property from a private collection, Finland
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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