Six white wine glasses, "Nobel", Orrefors, Sweden, post 1991.
Six white wine glasses with rounded coupes and cylindrical gilt stems on round feet. Height 18 cm.
Model designed in 1991.
The general impression is very good.
The Nobel Service was designed in 1991 by Gunnar Cyrén (glassware and cutlery) and Karin Björquist (porcelain) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Nobel Prize. For the same occasion, Ingrid Dessau created specially designed tablecloths and napkins.
Commissioned by art historian Åke Livstedt, the service was awarded the prestigious Excellent Swedish Design (Utmärkt svensk form) award in 1992.
Since 1991, the Nobel Service has been used annually at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm. Schnapps glasses designed by Gunnar Cyrén has been added since then.
Gunnar Cyrén (1931-2013) was a Swedish glass artist, silversmith and industrial designer. He worked for Orrefors glassworks between 1959 and 1970, then designed plastics for a few years and then returned to Orrefors in 1977. Highlights of his design career include "Pop glass" or "Cups with colored legs" (1966-1968) and "The Nobel Service" (1991). Over the years, Gunnar Cyrén has participated in several exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and received the King's scholarship in 1962, the Lunning prize in 1966 and the Prince Eugén medal in 1988. He is appointed professor by the government. In his hometown of Gävle, where he also had a gallery and a gold and silver smithy, he has been honored with his own room at the County Museum.
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