Product Details: This is a very rare piece of Swedish art glass. This flawless piece is a sphere with a hole in the top reaching almost all the way through. Fish design in black is all around. Signed on the bottom “Orrefors Graal No 4100 Edward Hald”.

 

Availability: Available

Condition: Excellent

Colour: Clear Glass/Black

Dimensions: 4" H x 10.5” Diameter (10cm x 26.5cm)

 

About: At the time Edward Hald joined Orrefors in 1917, the early experiments for the Graal technique were still evolving. The Graal technique used acid etching or wheel carving to create thin designs in relief on the surface of multilayer, glass blanks. The carved blanks were then heated to a molten state by glassblowers, encased with an additional layer of clear glass to entrap the design, and finally worked with blowing to a finished state. The result was literally, "painting within the glass".

 

Edward Hald created some of the earliest designs to use the Graal method. He continued to work in Graal throughout his long career, including the heavy "Fish Graal" pieces first shown in 1937. Also "Slip Graal" and "Aqua Graal" were favored techniques. He retired from Orrefors in 1978.