Historical Design I Tapio Wirkkala Finland sterling silver and walnut vase 1968

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Tapio Wirkkala Finland sterling silver and walnut vase 1968

TAPIO WIRKKALA (1915-1985) Finland
KULTAKESKUS OY Hämeenlinna

Vase 1968

Sterling silver in a streamlined sculptural form, canted cylindrical attached walnut plinth.

Marks: TW monogram, 916H (Finnish silver assay
mark), maker’s touch marks

Illustrated: Zilver uit Finland, exhib. cat., Leo De Ren (Antwerpen: Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof, 1995) p. 18.

H: 10 1/4″ x Dia: 3 1/4″

Price: $3,900

Tapio Wirkkala Finland sterling silver and walnut vase 1968

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American 1940’s yellow gold drape earrings, square link chains set with 28 round diamonds (approx. 7 carats TW), c. 1948
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Lötz Witwe / Hans Ofner Austrian Art glass vase c. 1920

HANS OFNER attr. (1880-1939) Austria
JOH. LÖTZ WITWE Klostermühle, Bohemia

Vase c. 1920

Handblown cobalt glass with undulating metallic chartreuse bands, four applied glass teardrops at the rim

For related examples by Ofner see: Innen Dekoration, “Lötz glass by Hans Ofner,” 1906.

For the identical glass technique see: Lötz: Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Vol. 1, Helmut Ricke and Ernst Ploil (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1989), p. 294, ill. no. 357.

H: 4 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

Price: $3,500