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Kaj Franck
Pair of 'Kremlin Kellots' (Kremlin Bells) double decanters and decanter, model no. KF 1500
- Estimate
- £4,000 - 6,000
£11,250
Lot Details
Decanters: mould blown coloured glass, flared; stoppers: free-blown glass.
designed 1957, executed 1962-1964
Largest: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.) high, 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in.) diameter
Produced by Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Helsinki, Finland. Each underside incised with K Franck Nuutajärvi Notsjö - and dated 62, 62, 64 respectively.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Designed as a juice decanter, the 'Kremlin Kellots' would hold water in the lower body and juice in the upper. It was possible for the purchaser to select alternate colour combinations between the upper and lower bodies. The present model was exhibited in 1957 at the XI Milan Triennale, winning the Grand Prix.
Phillips wishes to thank Kaisa Koivisto, Chief Curator of The Finnish Glass Museum, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Kaisa Koivisto, Chief Curator of The Finnish Glass Museum, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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