'Savoy' vases, model no. 9750 | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 18.000-22.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
Location:
New York
Lot number: 50
Design
Alvar AaltoManufacturer Karhula Glassworks
Architonic id
4104479
The "Savoy," or model no. 9750, was designed in 1936 as part of the Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa series. The production was moved to Iittalla in 1949 and since then, the vases have been produced using a cast-iron mold.
Blown molded glass in "Rio brown" and "azure" (2)
each: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high
Literature:
ALVAR AND AINO AALTO AS GLASS DESIGNERS, Savypaino, 1988, reprinted 1996, cat. no. 46
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ALVAR AALTO DESIGNER, Vammala, 2002, p. 196
Blown molded glass in "Rio brown" and "azure" (2)
each: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high
Literature:
ALVAR AND AINO AALTO AS GLASS DESIGNERS, Savypaino, 1988, reprinted 1996, cat. no. 46
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ALVAR AALTO DESIGNER, Vammala, 2002, p. 196
