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Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden

Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden

Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco crystal pedestal vase designed by Elis Bergh for Kosta glassworks. This elegant vase is model BH 1353, signed/engraved "BH 1353 Kosta" on the underside. The design features a tall, gently flared flute-shaped body in transparent smoky slate-blue crystal, raised on a short pedestal and substantial square block foot. The upper edge has a distinctive cut and polished faceted/scalloped rim. Elis Bergh was Kosta's artistic director during the interwar period, and this model is a particularly pure example of his restrained Scandinavian Art Deco design. An identical BH 1353 vase has been documented as a 1930s Kosta design. Measures approximately 10 1/4 high. Top measures approximately 3 3/8" across; square base measures approximately 2 5/8" across. Interior is clean with no mineral staining. There are a few small original bubbles/inclusions within the glass, characteristic of its manufacture, and minor age-related scratching to the underside of the base. Please see photographs for details. A beautiful and unusually architectural piece of prewar Swedish art glass, equally suited to an Art Deco, Scandinavian Modern, Hollywood Regency, or contemporary interior.

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Kosta Elis Bergh Art Deco Blue Crystal Pedestal Vase BH 1353 1930s Sweden