1950 Swedish Boda Handblown Iridescent 'Thumbprint' Art Glass Vase Signed by Artist B. Vallien

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Iridescent large handblown art glass vase with raised design and thumb print by well-known vintage Swedish Glassworks Boda (now known … more Iridescent large handblown art glass vase with raised design and thumb print by well-known vintage Swedish Glassworks Boda (now known under the name Kosta Boda). The vase is by Bertil Vallien from the 1950s-1960s. It has lovely semi-transparent iridescent hues of blue/rose/green with a raised swirl pattern. Nice large size-11" H x 7" dia. It is signed in the bottom: Boda B. Vallien and a number. The Boda glass factory was founded in 1864. After a merger with the glassworks in Kosta and Afors in 1976 the famous Swedish glassworks Kosta Boda was founded. Reduced $1,980 to $1,480. Provenance: Assembled from our Maryland Estate-The Edith Hale Harkness Estate. less