Ellen Meyer, an Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Reijmyre 1914, no 334.
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Decorated with polished dragonflies, flowers, etc in green hues against peach coloured ground, signed Reijmyre AE Boman 1914 No 334 UNIK Ellen Meyer. Height 43.5 cm.
Exhibitions
The Baltic Exhibition in Malmö 1914. Compare vase exhibited in the stand of AB Svenska Kristallglasbruken in the great industry exhibition hall.
Literature
Gunnel Mörkfors (ed), 'Reijmyre Glasbruk - formgivare, konstnärer och yrkesmän under 200 år', Östergötlands länsmuseum, Värnamo 2010, see AB Svenska Kristallbruken's stand at the Baltic exhibition in Malmö 1914 ill, p 78.
More information
Glass pieces signed Ellen Meyer are very rare. She was employed as a designer ('förlagetecknare') in 1913-15, mainly for the 'Baltic' exhibition in Malmö 1914. There are only a very few pieces known with Ellen Meyer's name.
At the National Museum exhibition 'Swedish Art Nouveau Glass' in 1980-81, catalogue no 162, p 42, that vase was at that time mentioned as the only one known, signed with Ellen Meyer's name. Since then only a very few pieces have become known.