'Heaven and Hell' Vase
1928
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.
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).
Ref: 2505061