Bidspirit auction | Two pieces of mid-century style
Two pieces of mid-century style decorative glassware comprising a cobalt blue vase and an olive green sphere - This lot consists of two pieces of hand-blown decorative glassware. - a large, cylindrical vase crafted from deep cobalt blue glass, featuring a short, waisted neck and a broad, flared rim reminiscent of mid-20th-century Scandinavian glass design, in the style of manufacturers such as Holmegaard or Riihimäki. - a hand-blown glass sphere in a dark olive green, often referred to as black glass. It is fitted with a prominent embossed glass seal on the top, which displays indistinct characters and a central symbol, suggesting its use as a vintage fishing float. Both items display characteristic manufacturing features such as small air bubbles and surface irregularities common to hand-blown glass.