Sven Palmqvist, a 'Kraka' vase från 1954 and a 'Ravenna' bowl, Orrefors, Sweden.
Drop-shaped vase of blue, yellow, and clear glass with an enclosed pattern of air bubbles, signed Orrefors Pu 3364 26/6 1954 260205 61BB, height 25.5 cm.
Bowl with blue and yellow glass with a decoration of a leaf, signed Orrefors Ravenna 4819 Sven Palmqvist, length 8.5 cm.
Minor stains. The Ravenna with two small chips.
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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