Orrefors

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

Glass

Vase

Wheel carved glass.
Attributed to Simon Gate.

NK Nordiska Kompaniet

Frosted carved glass by Orrefors, nickel plated metal frame.

Provenance: 
Tändstickspalatset (The Matchstick Palace), Stockholm. This example hung in the lunchrooms of Tändstickspalatset.

Lighting

Ceiling Lamp from Tandstickspalatset (Matchstick Palace)

History:
The Tändstickspalatset, or Matchstick Palace, was commissioned by the "Match King" Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932) as the headquarters of the Swedish match company Svenska Tändsticks AB. It was designed by architect Ivar Tengbom (1878-1968) and built from 1926 to 1928.

Literature:
Bæckström, Arvid, Tengbom, Ivar, "Svenska Tändsticks Aktiebolagets Huvudkontor Stockholm", Nordisk Rotogravyr, 1931, p.101-102.

Wheel engraved, polished glass.

Photographed together with: ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/simon-gate-triton-vas-orrefors-1923-151040" target="_blank">151040</a> and ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/vase-2011027" target="_blank">2011027</a>

'Triton' Vase

Literature:
Ostergard, Derek E., Stritzel-Levine, Nina, 'Brilliance of Swedish Glass 1918-1939 An Alliance of Art and Industry', Yale University Press (New York) 1996, p.174-175.

Wheel engraved glass. 
Signed 'Orrefors, Gate 238, 1926, R.Bayer' to base.

Wheel engraved glass. Coloured glass base. 
Signed 'Of. G.1205.33.Hj'.

Wheel engraved glass.
Signed 'Gate 183 Orrefors 1932'.

Bowl

Wheel engraved glass, motif of dancing figures. 
Signed 'Orrefors 1930, S.Gate 428'.

Wheel engraved glass. Engraved by Emil Weidlich.
Signed 'Orrefors, S.Gate 238 EW'.

Hand blown glass in the Graal tecnhnique. Blown by Knut Bergqvist and engraved by Heinrich Wollman.
Inscribed 'SGraal Orrefors 19 KB HW n. 7/1'.

'Graal' Vase

Gray tinted blown and moulded glass with applied blue glass powder and banding. 

The series was introduced at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. 

Another example from the series is available under ref. no. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/vases-2105056" target="_blank">2105056</a>. 

Engraved 'Orrefors Of -31 GU 54' to base.

Literature:
Manufacturer's catalogue, Orrefors, no. 2, March 1932
Helmut Ricke & Ulrich Gronert, Glas in Schweden 1915‑60, 1987, cat. no. 158, p. 121.

Gray tinted blown and moulded glass with applied blue glass powder and banding. 

The series was introduced at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. 

Another example from the series is available under ref. no. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/vase-1010852" target="_blank">1010852</a>

Inscribed 'Orrefors 1930 GU 70' to base.

Cut and polished glass. 
Signed Orrefors GA 1505/11.

Engraved Vase

"Swedish Grace". Engraved glass. Signed Orrefors Gate 454.28.E.G.

Deep green glass. Engraved neoclassical decoration. Signed OS.G.1019.32 G.E.

Orrefors Vase

Wheel engraved and polished violet glass. Other Triton examples available, ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/simon-gate-triton-vas-orrefors-1923-151040" target="_blank">151040</a>. 

Provenance:
Knutssons Antik & Konsthandel AB, Vänersborg.
Lars Olov Olsson
Acquired from the above

Literature: 
Helmut Ricke & Ulrich Gronert, 'Glas in Schweden 1915-60', 1987, cat. no. 41, p. 70.
Alastair Duncan, 'Orrefors glass', 1995, p. 35.

'Triton'Vase

Hand blown glass, wheel engraved by master engraver Arthur Diessner.

The engraved with a hunting motif with Artemis and dancing women and foliate borders.
Inscribed 'Orrefors Gate 128.30 A.D.'

Bowl with Tray

Hand blown, cut and wheel engraved glass.
Motif executed by master engraver Gösta Elgström.
Inscribed 'Of. 31 GE 178' to base.

Hand worked glass with opaque black applied trim and base. 
Engraved 'Orrefors GU 80' to base. 

Literature: 
Edward Hald, 'Simon Gate' Stockholm, 1948, p. 101.

Plate

Hand blown glass with wheel engraved detail. 
Engraving by Elis Rydh.
Inscribed 'of. G. 12.12.33. E.R.'

Wheel engraved glass.
Inscribed 'Orrefors 1330 S Gate 537 E.W.' to base.

Coloured footed crystal vase by Simon Gate, 1930s. Decorated with a nude female dancer. Labeled Orrefors Sweden.

Wheel engraved glass.
Inscribed 'Orrefors 1181 GL.A.S' to base.