Vicke Lindstrand

Purchased from AB SKF (originally AB Svenska Kullagerfabriken) in 1973 by the current owner's father.

Reportedly, this bowl was originally ordered by AB SKF to be used as a prize at a horse race in England, but the then manager of the Luton factory in England considered the bowl "artistically worthless" and refused to hand it over. A new "trophy" was quickly ordered, executed in a traditional manner, designed by Jan Johansson, while this bowl ended up in SKF's storage. It was then sold to the current owner's father.

Vicke (Viktor) Lindstrand, glass artist, illustrator, textile artist and ceramic designer. He worked at Orrefors in 1928-41, where he designed glass in classic forms with engraved decor, often stylized figurative motifs. At the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, Orrefors exhibited his painted glass pieces. During the 1930s, the engraved and optic-blown glass with the "Pearl fisher" and "Shark hunter" came with its muscular bare figures. In front of the World Exhibition in Paris 1937, one starts working with the thick-walled glass, and he renewed the "graal" glass and together with Edvin Öhrström he introduced the "ariel" glass. Vicke Lindstrand was artistic director at Upsala-Ekeby 1942-50. After that he came to Kosta as an artistic director 1950-73, where he renewed the glass design and experimented with glass sculptures.