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A Simon Gate cameo glass vase

Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 580 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
42 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Eva Seeman
Stockholm
Eva Seeman
Chief Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative art and design
+46 (0)708 92 19 69
A Simon Gate cameo glass vase

With an acid etched and polished decoration
of an octopus amidst waves. Signed Orrefors. Height 31 cm.

Literature

H. Ricke, U Gronert, "Glas In Schweden 1915-1960", Prestel, Munchen 1986. Jämför vas, katalognummer 4, sid 51, samma modell i annan färgskala, ingår i Orrefors museums samlingar.
Se även;
Red. Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman, Nationalmusei Utställningskatalog "Svenskt jugendglas", 1980. Katalognummer 168, sid 43.

More information

Simon Gate anställdes av Konsul Ekman till Orrefors år 1916 och dessa tidigare alster i överfångsteknik la grunden till graaltekniken som glasblåsarmästaren Knut Bergqvist utvecklade i samarbete med Simon Gate.