An engraved Swedish Grace glass bowl on a plate, Orrefors, Sweden 1926, model 147.
Oval with engraved stylised decoration of female figures with veils, plants and borders. Signed Orrefors S. Gate 147. 26 A.D (Arthur Diessner). Length 38.8 cm, total height 12 cm, plate length 32 cm.
Industrialist, banker & newspaper owner Torsten Kreuger (1884-1973), Villa Kvikkjokk, Djurgården.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Helmut Ricke, Ulrich Gronert, "Glass in Sweden 1915-1960". Munich 1986, cf. catalogue number 76, p. 84.
Helmut Ricke, Lars Thor, "Swedish Glass Manufactories, Production Catalogues 1915-1960", Prestel Verlag, Munich 1987, the drawing illustrated p. 27.
Simon Gate was a Swedish glass artist, painter, and designer. After studying at the Academy of Arts, he started working at the Orrefors glass factory. Together with the glass artist Edward Hald, he contributed to the glass factory's first international success. From 1916, Simon Gate produced the so-called ’graal’ glass, which master blower Knut Bergqvist further developed from cameo glass. Today, the graal glass pieces from Orrefors are among the most sought-after pieces of art glass among Swedish collectors. Together with Knut Bergqvist, he also created the so-called ’slottsglas’ which have received much attention recently. Simon Gate also became famous for his engraving compositions on the glasses, which were decorated with, among other things, processions and dancing women.
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