A 'RAVENNA' GLASS BOWL

Details
A 'RAVENNA' GLASS BOWL
DESIGNED BY SVEN PALMQVIST FOR ORREFORS

The bowl with beveled rim, internally decorated with cobalt blue rectangles outlined in amber, engraved ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 1682 Sven Palmqvist--5 1/8in (13cm.) high, 10¼in. (26.1cm.) diameter of bowl

Lot Essay

cf. Herausgegeben von Helmut Ricke and Ulrich Gronert, Glas in Schweden 1915-1960, Prestel-Verlag, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1986, pp. 166-167, ill. 256 and 262 for examples with similar rectangle design; Ann Marie Herlitz-Gezelius, Orrefors, A Swedish Glassplant, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1984, pp. 84-85 for examples using same technique
An exhibition held during the early 1950s at the Louvre in Paris showcased Palmqvist's Ravenna glass works, and they achieved instant success.