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Kaj Franck
"Kremlin Kellots" (Kremlin Bells) decanter, two stacking parts with stopper, model no. KF 500, and two decanters with stoppers, model no. KF 503
1959, 1963-1965
Decanters: mould blown clear and coloured glass, flared; stoppers: free-blown coloured glass.
Decanter: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm) high, 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) diameter
Two decanters: 9 in. (22.9 cm) high, 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) diameter
Two decanters: 9 in. (22.9 cm) high, 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) diameter
Produced by Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland. Each underside incised with K Franck Nuutajärvi Notsjö - and dated 59, 63, 65 respectively.
Full-Cataloguing
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.
"They are typical of Franck's gay humour, combined with concern for the practical." Erik Zahle
Phillips wishes to thank Kaisa Koivisto, Chief Curator of The Finnish Glass Museum, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
"They are typical of Franck's gay humour, combined with concern for the practical." Erik Zahle
Phillips wishes to thank Kaisa Koivisto, Chief Curator of The Finnish Glass Museum, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.