Vase with Blue and Grey Layers, Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1950s
Item e7120

A vintage art glass vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand and manufactured by Kosta Glasbruk ca. 1950s. The vase features blue and a grey glass layers with clear glass overlay. The vase is signed with 'Kosta LH 1825'.

Vicke Lindstrand (1904 - 1983) is considered one of the pioneers of the Swedish glass art scene. He also showed his feel for contemporary trends as a ceramic artist and painter. He celebrated his first international successes at the World Exhibition in Stockholm 1930. Vicke Lindstrand´s design works were part of the art competitions at the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1936. He worked as a trend-setting designer for Orrefors and Kosta. In his final decade Vicke Lindstrand worked together with Hanne Dreutler and Arthur Zirrnsack at Studio Glashyttan in Ahus.

Measures:
Width: 4.92" (12.5 cm)
Height: 5.91" (15 cm)
Depth: 2.56" (6.5 cm)

Literature Reference:
Helmut Ricke und Ulrich Gronert, Glas in Schweden 1915 - 1960, Muenchen 1986, page 225
Leslie Pina, Fifties Glass, Atgen 1993, page 119
George Fischler, Barret Gould, Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass, Atglen 2000, page 145
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