Orrefors

Havana coloured glass, sanded and wheel carved, cast glass, patinated brass.

Lighting

Pair of Ceiling Lamps

Attributed to Simon Gate. 
Tinted glass with matt surface, nickel-plated body, brass.

Ceiling Lamp

Modell 'GD 668'.
Etched, frosted and coloured glass, nickel plated metal.

Literature:
Catalogue, 'Orrefors Lightning', 1937, np.

Optically blown glass with wheel-engraved decor of a man playing a harp.
Engraved 'Orrefors Lindstrand 14.90.AG KR' to the underside.

Glass

Vase

Tinted glass cut and polished decoration. 
Signed 'Of -31 GE 177' to the underside.

Model no. G333, ’Himmel och Helvete’ (Heaven and Hell) or ’Ljus och Mörker’ (Light and Dark), designed in 1925.
Hand blown glass, engraved by Emil Weidlich.
Inscribed to the underside: 'Orrefors 1928 S. Gate - E. Weidlich no. 333', 'To the right honorable the Lord Mayor of London and the Lady Mayoress in Memory of their visit to the Stockholm exhibition 1930 2/9 1930'.

Provenance:
Lord Mayor 1st Baronet Sir William Waterlow (1871-1931), Lord Mayor of London 1929-30, and his wife Adelaide Hay Gordon (1872-1957), Lady Mayoress. Given as a gift to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in connection with their visit to the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930;


Example of same model from 1925, part of the Detroit Institute of Arts collection, inv. nr 26.404.
Sketch of the engravings, made by Simon Gate, part of the National Museum Stockholm collection, inv. nr NMH 169/1982.
Several sketches of the engravings, made by Simon Gate, part of the Smålands museum collection.

'Heaven and Hell' Vase

Exhibited:
Paris, ‘Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes’, 1925, Exhibited in the Grand Palais.
New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘Loan Exhibition’, 1926, the model displayed next to the ‘Bacchus Train’ and the ‘Fireworks Bowl’.
New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘Exhibition of Swedish Contemporary Decorative Arts’, 1927, the model most likely exhibited.
Barcelona, ‘Exposición Internacional de Barcelona’, 1929, the model displayed at the Swedish pavilion, most likely this very example.
London, Dorland House, ‘The Swedish Exhibition’, 1931, the model exhibited in the main gallery.

Literature:
Wettergren, Erik, ‘L'art Décoratif Moderne en Suède’, 1925, p.25. (model with saucer)
Newspaper article, ‘Hus och Hem: Orreforsglas till Parisutställningen’, Karl Asplund for Svenska Dagbladet, no 57, Feb 28, 1925, np. (model with saucer)
Catalogue, ‘Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes a Paris: Suède’, 1925, p.11. (model with saucer) 
Schulz, Otto, ‘Boet II: Månadsskrift för Hemkultur, Hantverk och Konstindustri’, 1929, volume III, p.67. (model with saucer)
Byron, Robert, ‘Svenska Slöjdföreningens’, No. XXVII, 1931, p.57. (model without saucer)
Magazine, ‘The Architectural Review’, no. 412, 1931, p. 86, figure 7. (model with saucer)
Sandberg, Henrik, ‘Orrefors 1898-1930’, 2023, p.146 (model with saucer), p.171 (model without saucer).

Ovoid form, acid etched, engraved and cut glass. 
Signed 'Orrefors LA 1845' to the underside. 

Provenance:
Gifted to actress and singer Lill Platou Thoresen as a wedding present in 1937.

'Chieftain' Vase

Literature: 
Helmut, Ricke, Lars, Thor, 'Schwedische Glasmanufakturen, Produktionskataloge 1915-60', München, 1987.

Optic blown glass with wheel engraved decor.
Inscribed 'Orrefors Lindstrand 14.90.A5' to the underside.

Model no. PD 1046/5.
Brass, opaque glass, decoration of flowers in relief.

Total height: 78 cm
Shade height: 27 cm
Diameter shade: 27 cm

Literature:
Catalogue, 'Orrefors', no. 23, 1955, p.8.

Optic blown, applied blown glass elements.
Manufacturer's paper label to the base.

Engraved and cut optic blown glass. Decorated with two pearl divers and their air bubbles.
Signed 'Orrefors L. 34 EG' to underside. Manufacturer's paper label to the base.

Other versions of the 'Pearl Fisher' vase available, ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/parlfiskare-pearlfisher-vase-2311049" target="_blank">2311049</a> and <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/vicke-lindstrand-vase-6557" target="_blank">6557</a>.

'Pärlfiskare' (Pearl Fisher) Vase

Literature:
Ricke, Helmut, Gronert, Ulrich, 'Glas in Schweden 1915-60', Prestel (Germany) 1987, p. 115, cat. no. 143.

Cased glass. 
Inscribed 'ORREFORS EXPO Nu 598 - 60 Landberg'.

Large Vase

Engraved and cut optic blown glass. Decorated with two pearl divers and their air bubbles.
Signed 'Orrefors Lindstrand 1348.02. P' to base.

'Pärlfiskare' (Pearl Fishers) Vase

Cut and engraved glass.
Signed 'Orrefors' to the underside.

Attributed to Simon Gate.
Engraved and cut glass, naturally patinated metal.

Blown, cut and polished glass. 
Engraved 'Orrefors GP 14' to the underside.

History:
This model was shown at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930.

Vase in coroso technique. 
Signed 'Orrefors Expo NU 386 57' to the underside.

Wheel engraved glass.
Signed 'Orrefors, Gate 2235 09.G 3. 22 1023-12.84' to the underside.

Brown tinted glass, with cut and polished decoration of golfer.
Signed ´OF LA 1823´.

Hand blown and wheel engraved glass. 
Engraving executed by Gunnar Schultzberg.
Signed 'Orrefors Hald 480 Gs (engraved by Gunnar Schultzberg) G2', dated 1930.

Another example available: <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/lidded-jar-bathing-tent-190548" target="_blank">190548</a>.

History
Design most likely based on the 18th century copper tents in Haga park Stockholm.

'The Bathing Tent' Lidded Jar

Literature:
Wickman, Kerstin, 'Orrefors, One Hundred Years of Swedish Glass Art', byggförlaget Kultur (Stockholm) 1998, p. 33.

Engraved and cut optic blown glass, motif of divers and air bubbles.
Signed 'Orrefors Lindstrand 1343' to underside.

'Diver' Vase

Engraved and acid treated glass, with water scene and birds. 
Signed 'Of. L. 1262.34' to the underside.

Literature:
Wickman, Kerstin, 'Orrefors, One Hundred Years of Swedish Glass Art', byggförlaget Kultur (Stockholm) 1998, p. 176.

Wheel carved glass.
Attributed to Simon Gate.