"Celestial globe"

Artist/Maker

DatesManufactured: Manufactured 1929 - 1930

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x diam: Mått 53 x 39 cm

Inventory numberNMK 142A/1930

AcqusitionGift 1930 Alice Wallenberg

Other titlesTitel (sv): "Himmelsglob" Titel (en): "Celestial globe"

DescriptionDescription: This celestial globe is engraved with the twelve signs of the zodiac. Glass engraving was an almost forgotten technique when Orrefors revived the method in the 1910s. Simon Gate and Edward Hald won great international acclaim, enabling the glassworks to start a school for engravers. At most, there were 36 engravers working at the factory at the same time. Hald’s globe was made for the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. It is a magnificent finale to the heyday of engraved glass in the 1920s

Exhibited

Collection

MaterialPewter (Metal), Crystal glass (Glass)

TechniqueArt industry, Engraved