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Betzy Ählström
(Sweden, 1857-1934)
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 790 EUR
1 370 - 1 830 USD
Hammer price
38 000 SEK
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Betzy Ählström
(Sweden, 1857-1934)
a 'marqueterie-sur-verre' Art Nouveau vase, Reijmyre Glassworks, Sweden 1901-1902.
Decorated with a flower in blue, yellow and green against a marbled green and blue glass, signed Reijmyre Suède to the body and No 122 to the base. Height 7,5 cm.
Minor scratches.
Literature
The Swedish National Museum Exhibition catalogue; "Svenskt Jugendglas - Överfångsglas 1898-1918" 10.12.1981-1.3.1981. P 8, catalogue nr 123 p 37.
Dag Widman, 'Jugendepokens konstglas', Svenskt glas, Växjö 1995, pp 66-68.
More information
This kind of 'Gallé glass', was made from December 1901 until August 1902. As the complicated technique didn't fit for serial production only a very few pieces were made and in 1902 Reijmyre returned to work in crystal glass.