Pair of Vases by Vicke Lindstrand for Orrefors

This pair of vases from the 1930's This vase appears in Orrefors Catalogue published in April in the year 1934.
Reference: "Swedish Glass Factories Production Catalogues", by Helmut Ricke and Lars Thor, Prestel Verlag. Depicted in Plate 84.

It is also pictured on page115 of Glas in Schweden 1915-1960 by Helmut Ricke and Ulrich Gronert published by Prestel-Verlag 1986

This rare pair of early Vicke Linstrand vases is an example of a Gesamtkunstwerk.. a complete work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
The quadruple optical glass is employed to create a sense of the watery movement of the sea while holding the floating mermaid whose hair and hands float in the water surrounded by gentle bubbles.

Designation of Gu 66 (diamond under base, developed by Vicke Lindstrand, 1932)
Form: Simon Gate, 1930
Factory: Orrefors, 1930s
Height: 16.1 cm, Diameter: 13.9 cm
Colorless crystal glass, mold-blown, quadruple vertical optics, slightly twisted during blowing, wavy rim, applied black base. Decoration in partly burnished matte finish. Serial piece. Cf. Cat. Nos. 142, 146