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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Ilias Lalaounis, Greece, “Shell” clip earrings in highly textured 18k gold, signed, c.1970’s
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Mazzega Murano / Italian Art Glass White opalescent tube top vase c. 1975

AV MAZZEGA MURANO (Italy)

Vase c. 1975

White opalescent blue blown glass with a bottom tube support and a flared
test tube style top

For related information see: Italian Glass Murano Milan 1930-1970, Helmut Ricke and Eva Schmitt (Munich: Prestel, 1997) illus. 66, 67; I Vetri di Fulvio Bianconi, Rossana Bossaglia (Torino: Umberto Allemandi & C., 1993) illus. 17, 21; Murano Glas 1945-1970, Marc Heiremans (Antwerpen: Galerij Novecento, 1989) illus. 181; I Vetri Venini, Franco Deboni (Torino: Umberto Allemandi & C., 1989) illus. 105.

H: 14”

Price: $3,200