A 26 pieces glass service, "Oktav" by Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda, Sweden.
5 white wine glasses, height 16 cm.
9 seltzer glasses, height 8 cm.
4 sherry glasses, height 13 cm.
6 champagne cups, height 14 cm.
1 bowl, height 9 cm.
1 bowl with lid, height 12 cm.
Minor wear. One seltzer glass with an air bubble in the glass mass.
Bowl with lid with two chips.
Bowl with minor rim chip.
One champagne cup with a minor rim chip.
Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.
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