Set table lamps

in full hand-blown glass.

for Orrefors Glassworks. in very good condition.

Olle Alberius Sven-Olof (Olle) Alberius (8 April 1926 – 12 June 1993) was a Swedish designer and glass artist. He was the uncle of Anders Alberius. Between 1957 and 1965, Olle Alberius worked in Strömstad as a designer at SYCO, where he created a large number of tableware, figurines, vases and bowls. In 1965, Alberius' wife, Lisa Nilsson, passed away and Olle Alberius then moved full-time to Rörstrand, between 63 and 65 he was employed at both SYCO and Rörstrand. From 1963 to 1971, Alberius was associated with Rörstrand's Porcelain Factory, where he worked partly with art objects and partly with Artwork, partly with tableware in flint ware and feldspar porcelain. From 1971 he worked at Orrefors glassworks, where he composed both classic tableware such as Victoria (1978) and Erik (1974), art glass in ariel and grail technique and polished sculptures in crystal. Alberius created the bowl for Our United Water, which had the goal of uniting water from all countries of the world for the Globe Tree. Something that now exists and will be handed over to UNEP 2022 on their 50th anniversary of its formation. Alberius is represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. He is buried at Dunkehalla cemetery in Jönköping.

Orrefors glassworks was founded in 1898 on the site of an older iron works. Up until 1913, the company produced mainly window glass and bottles. When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913, Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses, vases and other house-ware items. Ekman hired Knut Bergkvist and his nephew Eugen, who had worked at Kosta Glasbruk before, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman. Wollman originated from Bohemia, which had a long tradition in glassmaking. The first attempts at art glass making were in the style of the at the time famous French glassworks such Daum and Gallé .

A similar technique was devised in 1936 which trapped air within the walls of the glass. This was known as Ariel, a name of a character in Shakespeare’s play the Tempest. A major influence of theirs was the Art Nouveau work of the French artist Émile Gallé. Their designs use characteristic clean lines of brilliant crystal that suggests a frozen liquid. Their work was greatly admired when it was displayed to a wide audience at the1925 Paris Exhibition.

In addition to individual pieces of crystal, the company made crystal stemware. The glass house came to be a leading producer during the interwar period.[6] In more recent times the factory has also become noted for its chandelier-making. Many of the older designs were still produced in the 21st century.

for Orrefors Glassworks

Materials Glass and chrome metal

Price : €1250

Dimensions W 24 D 24 H 29 cm

for sale as set