desimonewayland:Edward Hald‘Fyrverkeriskålen’ (Fireworks) vase, model no. 248Engraved overlay colour
desimonewayland:Edward Hald‘Fyrverkeriskålen’ (Fireworks) vase, model no. 248Engraved overlay coloured glass, designed 1921. Produced by Orrefors Glassworks, SwedenHaving studied arts and started his career under Henri Matisse, Edward Hald’s long collaboration with Orrefors began in 1917. Despite Hald’s inexperience with glass, he soon understood the potential and properties of this material and applied his figurative compositions to Orrefors’ production. The ‘Fireworks’ vase was first exhibited in 1913 at the Gothenburg Jubilee Exhibition, where it was an immediate success, and declared by the esteemed advocate of Swedish design, Erik Wettergren as ‘Halds masterpiece’. The present version in deep blue glass is one of the most remarkable examples of the model, which was introduced in 1921. via: Phillips -- source link