Sven Palmqvist, a 'Kraka' vase, Orrefors.
Clear glass decorated with a checkered pattern in yellow and blue and enclosed air bubbles. Signed Orrefors Kraka No. 322 Sven Palmqvist. Height 32.5 cm.
Minor wear with small scratch marks to the bottom. The general impression is good.
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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