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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: djkglass on August 18, 2010, 10:43:59 AM

Title: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: djkglass on August 18, 2010, 10:43:59 AM
Any ideas???
Title: Re: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: ahremck on August 18, 2010, 12:01:51 PM
Could you give a photo of the complete object.  Also instead of trying to photo directly the signature which always has refraction and internal reflection tending to distort it - especially with clear glass can you try to take the signature on a shallow angle so the flat base relects light and the signature should appear darker.  Two examples (both Orrefors) below.

By the way if you are particularly interested in Orrefors the second picture is the base of a vase that appears in the "Orrefors Glass - by Alastair Duncan" at the bottom of page 160.  A lucky Ebay buy.

Ross
Title: Re: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: djkglass on August 18, 2010, 12:34:41 PM
Any better???
Title: Re: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: ahremck on August 18, 2010, 12:59:32 PM
I know that the P refers to design by Sven Palmquist - pre 1980, after which they would have used SP.

The absence of a following letter may mean it is not glass & is therefore crystal - but I am not certain.

The 2405 would be the design number and the remaining numbers I assume refer to a particular variation of the design.  For instance if it had an engraved design on it each different engraving would presumably have a different number.

Ross
Title: Re: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: culverwood on August 18, 2010, 01:22:07 PM
Is it a vase designed by Sven Palmqvist, rectangular in shape in clear glass with an etched design of a young man reclining on a rock by the sea while three swans fly above him.

Title: Re: ID on Orrefors marks please!!
Post by: taylog1 on September 03, 2010, 07:34:18 PM
original design 1941, if that's D4 it signifies manufacture in 1965, and a s is the engraver Anders Svensson  [Swedish Glass Production catalogue and Orrefors - A century of swedish glassmaking).