Mid2Mod: art glass

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Scandinavian glass markings

If you are new to collecting Scandinavian glass, here are some sample markings that might help you identify pieces when you run across them in the wild.

Ekenas vase by John-Orwar Lake
20thcenturyglass.com

John-Orwar Lake signature
modernistglass.com

John-Orwar Lake signature
glassmessages.com

Holmegaard vase by Per Lutken
20thcenturyglass.com

Per Lutken signature
modernistglass.com

Peter Svarrer vase for Holmegaard
dba.dk

Peter Svarrer signature
starkeld.com

Michael Bang vase for Holmegaard
modernistglass.com

Michael Bang signature
modernistglass.com

Timo Sarpaneva Festivo candle holder for Iittala
rubylane.com

Timo Sarpaneva initials
ebay.com - judyjudyjudy00

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

My SIL has decided to go a new direction with the smalls in the store, so he's closing out most of the vintage glass, ceramic and metal smalls currently in stock and listing them on eBay. They can also be purchased directly at the store.

The bidding is starting at $9.99-$14.99 for pieces that often sell for many times that amount. Here's what I just finished listing on eBay (mid2modstore):

16" Blenko pitcher #5710
by Wayne Husted

17" Blenko bottle #6422
by Joel Myers

10" Blenko decanter #49
Pre-designer era

Blenko decanter with flame stopper

12" Bischoff decanter #591

11" asymmetrical art glass vase

12" vase by Bitossi for Raymor

12" Royal Haeger Earth Wrap vase

22" L. E. Smith bowl

23.5" Val St. Lambert bowl

10" Coquille bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygfors

7" signed Festivo candleholder
by Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala

Two-ring Festivo candleholder
by Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala

Ultima Thule serving bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala

Spiral candleholder by Bertil Vallien for Dansk

19-piece lot of Metlox California Tempo in green

The listings are only for 5 days, so if you live in the U.S. and want any of the pieces you see here, go to mid2modstore on ebay soon. Apologies to you international readers. He's just shipping these in the United States.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Glass therapy

Glass has a very calming, almost hypnotic, effect on me. Perhaps it's the texture. Or the fluid lines. Maybe it's the heft when I hold it in my hand, which is often surprising, considering the fragility of the object. Whatever the reason, glass is magical to me, and I'm in a glass mood today. Here are some pieces that make me take a deep breath and relax.

Gul vases by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard
retroware.wordpress.com

Tapio Wirkkala Kantarelli vase
artartworks.com

Decanter by Bertil Vallien for Kosta
antiquehelper.com

Bowl by Timo Sarpaneva
jacksons.se

Kaleidescope vase by Tapio Wirkkala
modernity.se

Tapio Wirkkala satinated Lichen bowl
antiquehelper.com

Midnight vase by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta
retropolitan.bigcartel.com

Coquille bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors, in our store

Vase by Bertil Vallien for Kosta
trocadero.com

Vases by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta
modernistglass.com

Tapio Wirkkala Kugelvase collection
curatedobject.us

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Flavio Poli

Flavio Poli (1900-1984) was an Italian designer and businessman. He was born in Chioggia and attended the Istituto d'Aret di Venezia. He began his career as a designer of ceramics but switched to glass in 1929 when he went to work for Libero Vitali's I.V.A.M.

While there he designed animals and nude figures, as well as bowls and urns with figures resting on the inside, on lids or as handles. He later worked with the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, with Mario and Lino Nason and with engraver Gino Francesconi.

In 1934 he accepted the position of artistic director for Barovier, Seguso & Ferro, which later became Seguso Vetri d'Arte and became a partner three years later. Together with Archimede Seguso, he created grand lighting installations, acid-corroded (corroso) vessels and glass sculptures. At the height of his career, in the years between 1950 and 1960, he designed a series of sommerso (cased) glass pieces in a Scandinavian style
which won a number of prestigious prizes.

He left Seguso in 1963 and organized the glass division at Società Veneziana Conterie e Cristallerie.

From barovier.it