A set of six prototypes signed Original Design Timo Sarpaneva 1976 Iittala.

Prototypes for schnapps, vodka, and cognac bottles. Cast in moulds, sanded and polished. The unsigned prototype is marked with a star-shaped sticker. Height 26 -28 cm.

Wear due to age and use. Scratches. Marks. Bubbles. The bottle marked with a sticker has a chip.

Location

Mastokatu 4-6, Helsinki - V101

Provenance

The collection of the Master Glassmaker Reino 'Reka' Löflund.

Reino 'Reka' Löflund was born in 1926 and at the age of 14 he started as an apprentice at the Iittala glassworks. He blew medicine bottles for the war industry as the youngest blower ever. After the war, he was employed as the master blower at the Iittala glassworks.
Later, Löflund was appointed as Master Glassmaker in charge of the entire production at the Iittala glassworks.
In the 1950s he began working with various glass designers, including Timo Sarpaneva. Reka Löflund developed several techniques and products with Timo Sarpaneva, including the Claritas, Arkipelago and Finlandia series.

Literature

Sarpaneva; Kaj Kalin, Timo Sarpaneva, Marjatta Svennevig, Keuruu 1986. Compare with the pictures on pages 235- 237. Timo Sarpaneva: A Retrospective-catalogue for the exhibition, Helsinki 1995.

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