Sven Palmqvist, a 'Ravenna' bowl, Orrefors 1972.
Oval shape, blue glass mass with a grid decoration in orange. Signed Orrefors Ravenna No. 5375 Sven Palmqvist. Length 16.5, width 13, height 7.5 cm.
Minor surface wear, micro chips along the foot rim.
Sven Palmqvist was a Swedish glass artist and designer. As a long-term employee at Orrefors glassworks, Palmqvist was the originator of several new art glass techniques. Kraka was launched in 1944 as a development of the graal glass. In 1948 came Ravenna, a combination of a colored glass plate, crushed glass and a layer of clear glass. Palmqvist had his greatest success with the bowl series Fuga.
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