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Simon Gate

(Sweden, 1883-1945)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
887 - 1 070 EUR
926 - 1 110 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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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 vase, Orrefors, Sweden 1947, engraved by Arthur Diessner.

Engraved decor with oriental figures, engraved signature Simon Gate ORREFORS SIMON GATE - 1847 - 1947 - A - DIESSNER.

Literature

H. Ricke, L. Thor (ed), "Schwedische Glasmanufakturen, Produktionskataloge 1915-60", München 1987, see the model illustrated from Smålands museum, "Orrefors Nr 12", see p 126.

More information

The model was designed in 1937.

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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