Kosta Boda Vases
Swedenâs oldest glass company, Kosta Boda, also enjoys a reputation as the countryâs most artistic and experimental glassmaker. Since the late 19th century, Kosta Boda has hired painters, sculptors and other artists for short stints â generally two or three years â designing glassware, ensuring that the firmâs aesthetic is always lively and fresh.
Two former army officers founded Kosta Boda in 1742 in Swedenâs densely forested SmĂ„land province. (Plentiful timber was needed as fuel for the melting furnaces.) The glassworksâ early products consisted of everyday glassware, such as drinking vessels and windowpanes. As the company recruited master craftsmen from Bohemia, it created fine crystal for an aristocratic clientele.
Kosta Boda began making art glass â that is, unique and limited edition pieces â with the hiring of the painter Gunnar Wennerberg in 1898. Wennerberg worked in the Art Nouveau style and brought a lush, organic look to the companyâs wares. He was followed to the firm by artists such as Edvin Ollers, who in the early- 20th century created rich geometric and abstract floral patterns that were engraved on clear crystal.
Two post-war Kosta Boda designers stand foremost in the minds of collectors. One is Vicke Lindstrand, who excelled at a technique called cased glass, in which a vividly colored or patterned section of glass is surrounded by and seems to float within a clear crystal body. The other is Erik Höglund, who had an almost artisanal eye for glass shapes, and liked to produce glass that had a textured, warped look. As you will see from the many pieces available on 1stDibs, Kosta Boda created works in an astonishing array of styles, with something to suit any taste.
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Blown Glass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Glass, Blown Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass, Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Crystal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Crystal
20th Century Swedish Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass, Art Glass
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Blown Glass
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1990s Swedish Post-Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Blown Glass
1970s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1970s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Blown Glass, Art Glass
1970s Swedish Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Murano Glass
Early 2000s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Crystal
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
1980s Swedish Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Crystal
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass
20th Century Swedish Kosta Boda Vases
Glass
1880s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Blown Glass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Crystal
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Kosta Boda Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Kosta Boda Vases
Glass, Blown Glass