Our extensive Glass category includes a diverse array of finds, from utilitarian pieces such as glass services to decorative items and a large number of curios.
Glass has been prized for centuries all over the world, and has attracted the interest of both artists and industrialists alike. Our extensive Glass category includes a diverse array of finds, from utilitarian pieces such as glass services to decorative items and a large number of curios. Some of the most sought-after items in this category include decorative pieces crafted in Sweden and antique and contemporary glass services.
A host of Swedish designers and artists have chosen to create works in glass. Among them are Simon Gate, Edward Hald, Ingeborg Lundin, Vicke Lindstrand, Erik Höglund, Edvin Öhrström and Eva Englund. Works in glass by international artists who feature regularly on Auctionet include pieces by Finns Oiva Toikka, Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva. Important designers featured in this category include René Lalique, Fulvio Bianconi and Alessandro Pianon.
Auctionet's catalogue of sold items includes a terrestrial globe designed by Sweden's former Flygsfors Glasbruk glassworks. Also, a rase vase decorated with butterflies designed by Émile Gallé and a number of Bertil Vallien's large boats, produced by renowned Swedish glassworks Kosta Boda. Other items to go under the hammer on Auctionet include a number of examples of Gunnar Cyrén's Nobel Banquet service, decorative works by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien and many antique glass items manufactured by Stockholm's former Kungsholms glasbruk glassworks.