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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: stevetheb on September 10, 2007, 04:42:59 PM
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Last week was a good week on the trawling Charity Shops for glass.
On Tuesday I found a set of 4 Kosta Boda plates - with a flatfish design. I've not found any info on these as yet - Swedish
On Wednesday I got a nice pair of Iittala vases for £1 each - Finnish
On Thursday I invested anothe Pound in a small bud vase with a red bubble base - complete with a Holmgaard label on the base - Danish
On Friday I was hoping for something Norwegian or Icelandic to continue the Scandinavian theme, but what I found was this odd shaped vase - I've hunted the net for info but no luck so far - can any one give me a pointer?
Many thanks
Steve
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Aseda Glasbruk, Sweden.
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Wow - that was impressively quick - Thank you...
Steve
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Aseda Glasbruk, Sweden.
Nic, I've seen very similar signed Holmegaard, what are the pointers to the differences at a distance?
apart from the signature ;D ;D I think all Holmegaard is signed isn't it?
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Aseda Glasbruk, really.
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I wasn't implying it wasn't Ivo! Honest! ;D
Just asking if there is anything immediate that you can look at it on a shelf and say, aha Aseda, as against aha Holmegaard!
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In 1952 Lutken designed a shape similar to this called "Knoglevase" for Holmegaard. It was in uncased Labrador (a dark smokey blue colour) and had no bubbles in the base. It was never put into full production and the few that very occasionally hit the market were bought at exhibitions.
In 1971 the pattern was reissued in Labrador cased in clear, and in clear glass, in five different sizes (patterns 2471 (largest at 50-75cm) through to 2475 (smallest at 13cm). As far as I know, these were just for an exhibition at Copenhagen's Kunstindustrimuseet (The Danish Museum of Art & Design) where a few of Lutken's 1950s designs were adapted and revised (including the beak vase). Both of the above should be signed with Holmegaard, the Lutken monogram, and the pattern number.
During the early 1970s the pattern was rejigged exclusively for tourists visiting the factory shop - but these were massive beasties, and had swirls of colour in the base, rather than the Aseda bubbles. I don't think these were signed.
Here's one that had just been made in 1973: Holmegaard Factory Tour (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/pinkspoons/1-24.jpg)
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Steve, you see these vases on eBay a lot called 'dogbone' vases and wrongly attributed to Whitefriars.
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Would that be a !!!!!!!!!!!!RARE!!!!!!!!!!!!WHITEFRIARS????Dogbone vase?
Actually I'm kind of happy its Aseda - as I have nothing else from that factory.
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;) LOL them's the ones Steve.
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Steve, you see these vases on eBay a lot called 'dogbone' vases.
Well 'Knoglevase' does translate as Bone Vase, so they're not too far off. ;D
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In 1952 Lutken designed a shape similar to this called "Knoglevase" for Holmegaard. It was in uncased Labrador (a dark smokey blue colour) and had no bubbles in the base. It was never put into full production and the few that very occasionally hit the market were bought at exhibitions.
In 1971 the pattern was reissued in Labrador cased in clear, and in clear glass, in five different sizes (patterns 2471 (largest at 50-75cm) through to 2475 (smallest at 13cm). As far as I know, these were just for an exhibition at Copenhagen's Kunstindustrimuseet (The Danish Museum of Art & Design) where a few of Lutken's 1950s designs were adapted and revised (including the beak vase). Both of the above should be signed with Holmegaard, the Lutken monogram, and the pattern number.
During the early 1970s the pattern was rejigged exclusively for tourists visiting the factory shop - but these were massive beasties, and had swirls of colour in the base, rather than the Aseda bubbles. I don't think these were signed.
Here's one that had just been made in 1973: Holmegaard Factory Tour (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/pinkspoons/1-24.jpg)
Brilliant Nic! I have only seen one, fully signed and monogrammed, but it was too tall for my liking (i.e. too big for a box! ) so I left it alone.
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I've only ever seen one come on eBay - 15cm tall - but the bidding went silly so I had to pass on it. Never seen one anywhere else outside of books. :(
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In 1952 Lutken designed a shape similar to this called "Knoglevase" for Holmegaard. It was in uncased Labrador (a dark smokey blue colour) and had no bubbles in the base. It was never put into full production and the few that very occasionally hit the market were bought at exhibitions.
Just to add - they were also made in Akvablå (Aqua Blue) in 1952.
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On Thursday I invested anothe Pound in a small bud vase with a red bubble base - complete with a Holmgaard label on the base - Danish
The label you have on the base of this may be "G Hardy Co." who were importers of glass into Britain in the 50's & 60's.
I would also say definitely Aseda