Totemic fan
robert1960,
Your acquisition is excellent. I enjoy totemic design in my collection. As with all things "good" a little goes a long way. Although I tend to concentrate on Venini with the major French players of Baccarat, Daum and limited Lalique [consols and doors] rounding out my glass collection. I do have Iittala Pro Arte glass for utilitarian use.
Your piece is very nice and worthy of any modern collection.
Wow Robert!
Now THAT is a collection. Nicely displayed too.
Here is the few I have. I've only bought these when I find them in the wild. I've not bought any on line and we don't see that much of it here in the middle of the US. I was wrong again, we actually have 2 of each size. One of the small ones is clear. Are some colors more common than others?
Different colours and shapes
seem to have been exported in larger quantities to different countries.
The Red and olive seem to be the most prolific, and the most collected.
Not all the shapes come in all the colours.
The sun vases 'Aurinkopullo' from the Country House series are probably the most sought after of all the shapes though.
Good info
Thanks.
I like these vases also, they are not Finnish, but Swedish. Designed by Bo Borgstrom for Aseda. I have this crazy tiny set in smoked gray. They are so small, they really would not hold much of anything.
I pick up these Aseda and the Riihimaen pieces when I find them inexpensively. My real interest lies more in designs by Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva and Per Lutken. I'm not sure why I respond to their work so strongly.
Also, I have a glass book says that the Sun vases were copied by an Italian company. How do you tell the difference? Not that I'm likely to come across very many.
The Italian 'Sunvases'
are of uncased glass i.e there is no casing of clear glass over the coloured... most marked at the base.
Here is a side by side comparison which should show the difference. The real deal is on the left.
(the difference in the neck treatment would occur between these sizes in the genuine article)
I love a lot of Bo Borgstrom's work too- especially the coloured cased pieces) and the others you mention- just that I can't collect it all.
I'm in the process of thinning out my collection and diversifying a little.
I have more collections, another of british glass by Whiteriars
we have been collecting...
we have been collecting these for a few years and have noticed that some of the Riihimaen vases have the clear glass casing and others do not, especially in the case of the tall plain designs, does anybody know why there is this difference? We always thought it was perhaps due to the production date as some are etched with the makers mark whilst others are not? lovely collection by the way - jealous much! 😉
Hi
and thanks!
Whilst the casing may vary in thickness, to my knowledge all Riihimaki pieces are cased, the ones in my collection certainly are.
There are a few pieces around that often get attributed to Riihimaki and are uncased, but I have my doubts, and suspect they are British, Swedish or in some cases Japanese.
There are various grades of Riihimaki vases;
the 'export' pieces, sometimes known as 'tube vases' which were simply labelled 'Made In Finland'
The pieces that bore the Rihhimaen factory labels of various types, these sometimes have the ringed bases,
and the etched pieces- which one assumes were the most expensive.
Of the 3 below, the first is Riihimaki, the second by Bo Borgstrom for Aseda, and the third an unknown maker- but most likely a Swedish manufacturer.
All are regularly attributed to Riihimaki
Robert and Pegboard, your...
Robert and Pegboard, your collections are very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
We have another Rihhimaen vase probably designed by Tamara Aladin. I don't see it in your pictures or on Design Lasi (this website is a really great resource!).
Robert, an other thread about English glass could be great. If you are willing, of course.
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