Small ORREFORS vintage 50s mid century engraved crystal vase ‘Rottneros Mansion’ by designer Willi Johansson.
Orrefors glassworks is a glassworks in the Swedish village Orrefors in Småland. Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass. The range consisted of crystal stemware, barware, vases, and sculptures and lighting products in crystal. The glassworks in Orrefors closed in 2012. Orrefors was a part of the Swedish glassworks group Orrefors Kosta Boda AB.
Willy Johansson was a (1921- 1993) Norwegian glassware designer. Between 1939-42, he studied Statens Handvaerks -og Kunstindustriskole Oslo. His father was at the Hadelands Glassverk, Jevnaker, where Johansson joined the glassmaking workshop in 1936. He was best known for the white rim on his clear or smoked glassware.
- Vintage era – 50s
- Material – Crystal
- Manufacturer – ORREFORS
- Design – ”Rottneros Mansion’
- Designer – Willi Johansson
- Made in Sweden
- Height – 10 cm
- Diameter – 7,5 cm
- Condition – great / signs of age may appear / see images
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