a 73 pieces "Nobel" glass service, Orrefors, Sweden post 1991.
Hand painted gilt decor, comprising:
12 champagne flutes (height 22 cm)
12 martini/champagne glasses (höjd 12 cm)
12 shot glasses (height 15 cm)
12 red wine glasses / beer glasses (height 19,8 cm)
12 wine glasses (height 18 cm)
12 wine glasses (height 16,3 cm)
1 candlestick (height 23,3 cm)
Etched maker's marks and label marked.
The model was designed in 1991 by Gunnar Cyrén to celebrate the Nobel Prize's 90th anniversary. The hand-painted glass service is part of the world-famous Nobel tableware.
Gunnar Cyrén (1931-2013) was a Swedish glass artist, silversmith and industrial designer. He worked for Orrefors glassworks between 1959 and 1970, then designed plastics for a few years and then returned to Orrefors in 1977. Highlights of his design career include "Pop glass" or "Cups with colored legs" (1966-1968) and "The Nobel Service" (1991). Over the years, Gunnar Cyrén has participated in several exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and received the King's scholarship in 1962, the Lunning prize in 1966 and the Prince Eugén medal in 1988. He is appointed professor by the government. In his hometown of Gävle, where he also had a gallery and a gold and silver smithy, he has been honored with his own room at the County Museum.
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