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Simon Gate

(Sweden, 1883-1945)
Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
8 870 - 13 300 EUR
9 360 - 14 000 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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Camilla Behrer
Stockholm
Camilla Behrer
Head of Design/ Specialist Modern & Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)708 92 19 77
Simon Gate
(Sweden, 1883-1945)

an engraved glass bowl with plate, Orrefors, Sweden 1923, model 122.

Richly engraved decoration of dancing women, the bowl signed ORREFORS S. GATE. 122. 1926. E. WEIDLICH (engraved by Emil Weidlich, active at Orrefors 1922-29), height of the bowl 23,2 cm, diameter 28 cm, diameter of the plate 29,6 cm.

Insignificant wear.

More information

The model was designed in 1919.

Designer

Simon Gate was a Swedish glass artist, painter, and designer. After studying at the Academy of Arts, he started working at the Orrefors glass factory. Together with the glass artist Edward Hald, he contributed to the glass factory's first international success. From 1916, Simon Gate produced the so-called ’graal’ glass, which master blower Knut Bergqvist further developed from cameo glass. Today, the graal glass pieces from Orrefors are among the most sought-after pieces of art glass among Swedish collectors. Together with Knut Bergqvist, he also created the so-called ’slottsglas’ which have received much attention recently. Simon Gate also became famous for his engraving compositions on the glasses, which were decorated with, among other things, processions and dancing women.

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