Saara Hopea for Nuutajärvi, Two Bowls in Art Glass, Budded Design, 1960s-1970s

Saara Hopea for Nuutajärvi. Two bowls in art glass. Budded design, 1960s-1970s. Largest measures: 14.5 x 9.5 cm. In excellent condition.

Two Murano bowls in mouth blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s. Measures: 14 x 6.5 cm. In perfect condition. Sticker.

Two Murano bowls in mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s. Measures: 15 x 7 cm. In perfect condition. Sticker.

Two Murano bowls in red and white mouth blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s. Largest measures: 20.5 x 9 cm. In perfect condition.

Murano bowl in mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s-1970s. Measures: 15.5 x 8.5 cm. In excellent condition.

Scandinavian glass artist. Large bowl in mouth-blown art glass, 1960s-1970s. Measures: 37.5 x 7.5 cm. In very good condition.

Scandinavian Modern Saara Hopea two sizes Glass Bowls Blue Green Handblown 1950s Two mold-blown, clear, dark-blue and moss-green cased glass Art-objects / bowls, model SH117. Designed by Saara Hopea in 1956 and executed by Nuutajärvi-Notsjö in 1958 & 1959. An optical effect makes it appear as if the colour goes to the outer edges but the encasing is only in the interior. These objects were made between 1956 and 1967 in two sizes 9,5 cm and 13,5 cm in diameter, and in several colours (blue, green, yellow, purple and red) this being a complete set in green and blue. Both are early production examples. They are marked and dated in diamond pen underneath the base. About Saara Hopea Saara Elisabet Hopea (Porvoo 1925 - Porvoo 1984) was a Finnish designer of Art-glass, furniture and jewellery. Saara Hopea was born in 1925 in Porvoo, in the south of Finland. Her parents Ossian Hopea and Lempi Westerlund owned a goldsmithing company. After attending secondary school, Hopea studied at the Interior Design Department of the Central School of Art and Design, now the Aalto University of Art and Design. She graduated in 1946, and worked for a few years as an illustrator, then she accepted a job at the lighting factory of Taito Oy, headed by the renowned designer Paavo Tynell. In the early 1950's, Saara Hopea became interested in glass design and started working at the Nuutajärvi glass factory, where she worked under artistic director Kaj Franck. After her father's death, Saara Hopea took over the direction of the family business Ossian Hopea Oy in 1959. She worked as the artistic director from 1959 to 1960 and again from 1967 and was responsible for numerous jewellery designs. In 1960 Saara Hopea married Oppi Untracht...

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