Holmegaard has been creating quality glassware for almost two centuries. The legendary glassworks has collaborated with scores of celebrated designers over its long history, including Arne Jacobsen, Louise Campbell, Bodil Kjær and many others, with each artisan crafting vases, bottles and other serveware and decorative objects that are widely loved by collectors and art connoisseurs alike. Today Holmegaard is a powerhouse of functionalist modern Danish glass design.
Holmegaard Glassworks was the dream of Danish Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, who petitioned the king of Denmark for permission to build a factory. Sadly, by the time permission was granted, the count had passed away, leaving his dowager, the Countess Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, to carry on her late husband’s dream in 1825. The factory was established in the town of Fensmark in the Holmegaard bog, where rich peat could be harvested and used to fuel the high-temperature kilns required to produce glass there.
The factory initially produced only simple mouth-blown green glass packaging bottles — the need was for glassware that was merely functional. It wasn’t until the 1920s that it made progress as a significant entity in the world of design. There was a fruitful partnership to create dinner glassware with the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory and glass artist Oluf Jensen. This was followed in 1925 by Holmegaard’s hiring Jacob Eiler Bang as the glassworks’ first in-house designer.
Bang was trained as an architect and was working on the Danish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts — the fair that brought the Art Deco style to worldwide attention — when his efforts caught the attention of Holmegaard. Bang believed in the concept of making things that were “beautiful, strong, practical and cheap.” His seductive, functionalist designs for vases, decanters, bottles and other objects — guided by the theories that underpin Scandinavian modernism — garnered acclaim for both Bang and Holmegaard, and he became known as one of the fathers of functionalism in Danish glassware.
Holmegaard went on to work with Per Lütken, who created intricate objects that redefined the factory’s style and Danish glass design as a whole. Lütken produced over 3,000 pieces for the glassworks, including the revered Provence bowl, one of the pieces for which the glassworks is best known. The brand went on to work with other notable artists including Otto Brauer and Jacob Bang’s son, Michael Bang, whose Palet range, Fontaine wine glass range, and Mandarin lamps are among Holmegaard’s most iconic creations.
Today, Holmegaard Glassworks is owned by Rosendahl Design Group. It is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of glass in addition to being the oldest and most historic.
Find vintage Holmegaard sconces, vessels, decorative bowls, tableware and other pieces on 1stDibs.
Vintage Danish Blue Glass Set 1930s Set of 4
By Jacob Eiler Bang, Holmegaard
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish blue glass set 1930s Set of 4. Danish blue glass set model Broksø designed by Jacob E. Bang in 1938 for Holmegaard Glassworks in Denm...
Glass
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, desig...
Glass
$490 / set
H 5.5 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in
Art Deco Glass Perfume Bottle & Trinket Box Vanity Set, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful pink colored Art Deco perfume bottle with a wonderful glass stopper. Comes in a Set with a trinket box for your vanity room. In very good condition, with signs of ...
Art Glass
$917 / set
H 10.63 in W 5.52 in D 3.15 in
Art Deco Blue Color Bohemian Glass Decanter and 6 Glasses Set, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Art Deco blue color Bohemian glass decanter and 6 glasses set, the 1930s Beautifully colored, handmade Czech Bohemian glass set - decanter and six ...
Glass
$351
H 2.76 in W 18.31 in D 10.04 in
Vintage Danish Teak Tray with Glass Bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard, 1960s
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Asaa, DK
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern teak tray with glass bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard for IHQ Dansk Designs, 1960s. Serving tray in solid teak with six green glass dishes. Each dish has feet that fits into the lattice on the tray. Length 46.5 cm. Marked JHQ Dansk Designs...
Glass, Teak
Vintage Amethyst Glass Set Art Deco by Walther and Sohne, Germany 1930s
By Walther Glass
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Art Deco amethyst glass vase by Walther & Sons and a bowl by Moser Glass, all manufactured in the 1930's. Purple faceted crystal with an emboss...
Crystal
$714Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.38 in W 4.73 in D 11.42 in
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Decorative Trays Albert Thiry, 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic decorative trays Albert Thiry, 1960s Very nice set of two decorative ceramic trays decorated with red flowers. The chalk white enamel is of very good quality. It brings out the motifs engraved by the artist. The price is for the two potteries together. Do not hesitate to contact me if you want only one of the two pieces. Circa 1960-1970. In very good condition. 3.5cmx12cmx29xm 3cmx11cmx29xm ----------- Albert Thiry (1923-2009) Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz (1923-1997). In 1956, he joined Claire and René Batigne as a decorator, who had run the Tapis Vert workshop since 1950. There he rubbed shoulders with Marcel Vertès and Anton Prinner...
Enamel
Oval Vintage Pewter Tray by Just Andersen Art Deco Denmark, 1930s
By Just Andersen
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Oval vintage pewter tray by Just Andersen Art Deco Denmark, 1930s This beautiful oval vintage tray by Just Andersen was designed and manufactured in Denmark in the 1930s. The tin bo...
Pewter
$1,450
H 4 in Dm 14.25 in
Glass Bowl by Holmegaard, Denmark, C 1960, Light Blue Color, Large Round Bowl
By Holmegaard
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful round, large glass bowl by Holmegaard, Denmark, C 1960. The bowl is signed. It has a light blue color, like the sky on a sunny day. It is in a very good condition.
Blown Glass
$250
H 1.75 in W 6.38 in D 13.75 in
1960s Denmark Serving Snack Tray Set Teak & Glass Lüthje Wood Denmark 1
By Lüthje Wood Denmark 1
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Denmark serving snack tray set teak & glass. Danish modern set produced by Lüthje Wood Denmark 1 maker stamped. Measures: 6.38 wide x 13.75 deep x ...
Glass, Teak
Modernist Glass Plate by Higgins
By Higgins Glass
Located in New York, NY
Large glass plate, or charger, by recognized midcentury master Higgins (Michael and Francis). Nice clean signed example, free of damage or condition ...
Art Glass
$500
H 1.58 in W 4.73 in D 11.62 in
Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic decorative tray byThiry, 1960s - Era Ruelland
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century Modern French ceramic decorative tray by Albert Thiry, 1960s Very nice decorative ceramic tray decorated with thistle. The chalk white enamel is of very good quality. It...
Enamel
Art Deco Moulded glass vase, Czechoslovakia 1930s
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Moulded glass vase, Czechoslovakia 1930s Art Deco molded-glass vase from the 1930s A superb, well-made molded-glass vase produced in Czechoslo...
Art Glass
Robin Mix Large Scale Mouth-Blown Lavender Glass Charger
Located in Hanover, MA
Large scale mouth blown lavender glass charger by glass artist Robin Mix, signed and dated 1989. See our separate listing Ref: U11080888661078 for the comp...
Blown Glass
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H 3.94 in W 14.18 in D 12.21 in
Shallow dish designed by Per Lütken for Holmegaard. Sweden, 1960s
By Holmegaard, Per Lutken for Holmegaard
Located in Beerse, VAN
Shallow dish designed by Per Lütken for the Swedish company Holmegaard. The dish has beautiful fluid and organic shapes with a green/grey color of the glass. Lütken designed this type of dish in 1952, but the one presented here is probably from the 1960s. Per Lütken, who died in 1998, at one point became chief designer and art director at the companies Holmegaard and Kastrup. Because he was a pioneer with a magnificent sense of form, his designs have had a great influence on Scandinavian modern design. The dish is in very good condition with only some normal signs of wear. No chips on the glass. Please note that each dish is made freely by hand without using molds...
Blown Glass