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1970s American Studio Craft Blown Glass Lamp by Richard Harkness
$650.00Studio glass lamp with original shade made by renowned glass blower, Richard Harkness (New Hampshire, USA, circa 1970s). Harkness’s work can be seen in a number of prestigious galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Additionally, he was formerly a professor of glassblowing at Haystack Mountain School of Arts.
Harkness’s lamps are scarcely seen. This particular ‘orb’ art glass lamp features a bubble motif throughout. The teal color at the top fades into a pale blue / almost clear glass finish creating a nice contrast. The original shade is present, but shows some unraveling / loss to the weave at the top, as shown. The glass is free of defects, chips, cracks.
Artist’s etched signature present on the underside.
We have a separate blown glass lamp by Harkness pictured here but listed separately.
Measures: Height glass base only 8″
Height to top of socket 11.25″
Height to top of finial 18.25″
Diameter of base 7″
Diameter of shade 10.1″.
Amber Blown Crackle Glass Fish Sculpture by Rainbow Glass
$225.00Beautiful blown glass fish manufactured by Rainbow of West Virginia in the 1960s. (Rainbow, founded in 1940, was bought out by Viking Glass in 1973.) Honey / light amber color with lovely crackle pattern throughout.
Excellent, vintage condition.
14ʺW × 3ʺD × 7.75ʺH
Blown Glass Amberina Tangerine Jug Designed by John Nickerson for Blenko
$650.00Blown glass jug designed by John Nickerson and manufactured by Blenko. This design first appeared in the 1972 Blenko catalog as model number 7226S. Large size and attractive amberina / tangerine palette with red and yellow meeting to produce an orange banding effect.
Features Blenko’s signature pontil (also indicative of hand-blown glass, as opposed to mold blown).
Excellent, vintage condition.
Measures: Height: 12.25″
Diameter: 8.25″.
Dense Mid Century Italian Modern Murano Vase
$150.00Heavy, quality piece of late 1940s / early 1950s blown glass, likely from one of the Murano studios in Italy, given its sweeping, asymmetrical form, technique and style. Beautiful honey color with a tinge of orange.
Pen is used to illustrate scale.
5.25ʺW × 5.25ʺD × 6ʺH
Early Opal Glass ‘Satellite’ Pendant by Vilhelm Wohlert for Louis Poulsen
$800.00
Italian Modern Art Glass Decorative Bowl
$295.00Elegant Mid-Century Italian Modern hand-blown-glass bowl with ruffle edge and light blue swirl decoration throughout. Minor scuffs to glass; no breaks, chips, or cracks. Piece is in excellent, vintage condition.
6.5ʺDiameter × 3.3ʺH
Italian Modernist Three-Fixture Glass, Brass and Metal Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
$3,600.00Triple socket floor lamp composed of black enameled-metal stems and steel base with brass accents and cased glass cylindrical fixtures by Stilnovo (Italy, ca. 1950s).
The three sockets are housed within cut metal ‘receptacles’ resembling candle/votive holders.
Takes three E14 base bulbs. We are using 3W globe bulbs (30 watt equivalent) warm white bulbs in the images with the shades on. Additionally, one of the images shows the lamp with three different kinds of E14 bulbs to illustrate various options of bulbs that can be used.
The plug has been changed for US use.
Stylish, unique piece with age-commensurate wear present (patina/light wear to the original black enamel along with tarnish spots to the brass, as shown). Overall, in very good, vintage condition.
Unmarked.
References: Rago – Modern Design 21 January 2018, Lot 1139
H: 66.25″ x L: 12.5″ x D: 13.5″ (length and depth reflect the base dimensions)
Shade to shade length and depth: 8.38″
Glass cylinders measure – H: 15.63″ x Diameter: 2.63″
Kosta Boda Blown Glass Vase With Floral Etching
$95.00Kosta Boda vase, attributed to Vicke Linstrand, with floral etching, measuring H: 9.75″ x Diameter: 3″.
Excellent, vintage condition with only minor wear.
Signed Kosta 43054.
Large Blenko Blown Glass Turquoise Asymmetrical “Ribbed” Vase
$425.00Asymmetrical Blenko vase with ribbed pattern, large in scale (H: 11.25″ x L: 8″ x D: 4.25″) in attractive turquoise palette.
The design’s first and only appearance was in the 1966 Blenko catalog as model #6619. Uncommon example, only manufactured in short production.
Striking color, nice, sculptural form, and impressive size.
Features Blenko’s signature pontil (also indicative of hand-blown glass, as opposed to mold blown).
Listing is for the single vase.
11.25″ x L: 8″ x D: 4.25″
Large Italian Modern Blown Glass Pitcher With Woven Rubber Webbing
$275.00Light brown blown glass pitcher (circa 1960s Italy). Large size (tape roll is used to illustrate scale). Comes with the original woven rubber encasement.
6.5ʺW × 3.5ʺD × 13.25ʺH
Large Mid-Century Modern Glass Vase by Tapio Wirkkala
$1,800.00Impressive, statuesque glass vase by Finnish designer, Tapio Wirkkala, for Rosenthal Studio-Line of Germany. Composed of thick glass sculpted to look like ice.
Largest example manufactured (scarcely seen in this size), measuring: H: 18″ x L: 7.13″ x D: 4.38″
Etched signature present: ‘Rosenthal Studio-Line’
Excellent, vintage condition with only scratches present to the underside, as shown.