Hand Maroon Bowl “Atoll” BEAUTIFUL EUC

Large Kota Boda “ Atoll” maroon centerpiece bowl measuring 12” in diameter., Maroon in color, with ink swirl patterns., Designed by Anna Ehrner., Label on glass and acid etched on bottom.Made in Sweden Free of any chips, etc. 12ʺW × 12ʺD × 2.5ʺH 20lbs Sweden's oldest glass company, Kosta Boda, also enjoys a reputation as the country's most artistic and experimental glassmaker. Since the late 19th, Kosta Boda has hired painters, sculptors and other artists for short stints — generally two or three aster craftsmen from Bohemia, it created fine crystal for an aristocratic clientele. Kosta Boda began making art glass — that is, unique and limited edition pieces — with the hiring of the painter Gunnar Wennerberg in 1898. Wennerberg worked in the Art Nouveau style and brought a lush, organic look to the company’s wares. He was followed to the firm by artists such as Edvin Ollers, who in the early- 20th century created rich geometric and abstract floral patterns that were engraved on clear crystal. Two post-war Kosta Boda designers stand foremost in the minds of collectors. One is Vicke Lindstrand, who excelled at a technique called cased glass, in which a vividly colored or patterned section of glass is surrounded by and seems to float within a clear crystal body.