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A beautiful metal and cork bottle stopper. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and cork. A beautiful nice Barware item or just a display item in your collections of...

Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall. Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo. "Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base. Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D. Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations. In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later. That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix. The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship. Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks. Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...

Vintage Amber Glass Decanter with its original stopper. Boldly colored, it’s the perfect statement piece for any bar or display. Great as a unique piece or in a grouping.

Simply Fabulous! Mid Century Modern Original Art Glass Decanter and stopper featuring striking colorful Thumbprint designs. Measuring approximate 10.5” high. Circa 1960s. So well don...

A small Decanter with stopper. The piece is a nice addition to the bar for those small amounts of liquor or aperitif. Additionally, we like this size decanter for the bathroom to h...

Delightful and sculptural glass decanter featuring a rounded body adorned with small cobalt-blue dots and a unique face-shaped stopper. The hand-painted stopper displays stylized fac...

Italian Mid-century Modern Blue Hobnail Bubbled Glass Decanter and Stopper Offered for sale is a mid-century modern hobnail bubble glass decanter made in...

Mid-Century Green Glass Decanter, Empoli, Italy. Tall, tapered glass decanter. Hand-blown glass in the distinctive green color used by Empoli.

This vintage smokey gray gradient blown glass cinched decanter bottle was designed by Michael Bang for Holmegaard. It is called the Kluk Kluk. He was a major designer for the company. This is from the 1960s. What is most unusual about this is the rare crown stopper that was only made for the Danish markets. This was brought back from Denmark by a collector. For the upper class homes, this was used at the time for liquors and serving special schnapps. Great barware. The small gray gradient bowl seen in the photos must be purchased separately and was only used in this instance for a mini photo still life...

This pair of antique amber blown glass bottle flasks, or decanters were made in circa 1870 in the period Victorian style and originate from England. These decanters are hand formed, ...

Vintage Mid Century Nachtmann Crystal Traube Wine Decanter with Stopper from Bavaria, circa 1960s. Beautiful 1960s Mid Century Modern elegant cut cry...

Vintage delicate amber glass decanter has an unusual stopper made in shape of a shot glass. The decanter is signed with an original foil label. Ekenas Glasbruk was founded in Sweden in 1917 by two former Orrefors workers, R. and H. Stahl. In 1922 the company was purchased by Sven Westberg, who run it until his death in 1962. Artists hired to design tableware and art glass at the company from 1930s included Tage Larsson, Hildur Haggard...