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Title: Magnor Vase
Post by: adam20 on March 24, 2012, 03:00:46 PM
Medium sized vase in deep honey colour cased in clear glass with thick walls and moulded and polished hole in polished base for bubble type effect. Label 'Magnor Norway' to side. Anyone any information on this lesser known company or its designers?
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 24, 2012, 07:44:26 PM
I've a couple of pieces of Magnor but can find very little about them ???
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: Ivo on March 24, 2012, 08:44:01 PM
Awww come on - if I can google so can you!
http://www.magnor-glassverk.no/
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 25, 2012, 12:22:01 AM
Think I saw that site but couldn't find anything like the pieces I have ::)
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: langhaugh on March 25, 2012, 01:38:41 AM
I've always assumed that these Magnor pieces were derivatives of Erkki Vesanto's design for iittala.

David
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: mbmb on March 25, 2012, 06:19:37 PM
Hi

In Norway, Magnor is usually seen as a poor man’s Hadeland. Their pieces were/are rarely signed, and the designers’ names are seldom available. Anyway, I suggest this:

www.wendelboe.no/kunst/utstillinger/2008/magnor/index.php

mbmb
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 26, 2012, 01:36:27 PM
Thanks for the link mbmb,still can't find mine ::)
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: mbmb on March 26, 2012, 02:15:40 PM
Hi Keith

The link is to an exhibition at an auction house/gallery. Not much info on Magnor anywhere else, I'm afraid. Sorry.

mbmb
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: flying free on March 26, 2012, 05:43:31 PM
Keith if you search though using Wendelboe auctions, which is an excellent source of some gorgeous glass, you may come up with auctions that show other Magnor pieces.  It probably still wont help you but you'll see some wonderful eye-candy along the way  :)
mbmb that's interesting to know - thanks  :)
m
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 26, 2012, 08:10:12 PM
Thanks m,will if I get the time,present medication keeps me out of the 'computer room' and in the 'little room' :o :o
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: flying free on March 30, 2012, 12:05:04 AM
tmi Keith tmi  ;D
but I hope you recover soon
m
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 30, 2012, 03:51:52 PM
Better now,thanks m,silly question,what's tmi?
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: flying free on March 30, 2012, 05:52:56 PM
too much information
 ;D
m
Title: Re: Magnor Vase
Post by: keith on March 30, 2012, 05:59:53 PM
 :o :o ;D ;D ;D