Holmegaard Bowl, 1958
View Similar Items
Holmegaard Bowl, 1958
About the Item
- Creator:Holmegaard (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1958
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU921313689331
Holmegaard
Holmegaard has been creating quality glassware for almost two centuries. The legendary glassworks has collaborated with scores of celebrated designers over its long history, including Arne Jacobsen, Louise Campbell, Bodil Kjær and many others, with each artisan crafting vases, bottles and other serveware and decorative objects that are widely loved by collectors and art connoisseurs alike. Today Holmegaard is a powerhouse of functionalist modern Danish glass design.
Holmegaard Glassworks was the dream of Danish Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, who petitioned the king of Denmark for permission to build a factory. Sadly, by the time permission was granted, the count had passed away, leaving his dowager, the Countess Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, to carry on her late husband’s dream in 1825. The factory was established in the town of Fensmark in the Holmegaard bog, where rich peat could be harvested and used to fuel the high-temperature kilns required to produce glass there.
The factory initially produced only simple mouth-blown green glass packaging bottles — the need was for glassware that was merely functional. It wasn’t until the 1920s that it made progress as a significant entity in the world of design. There was a fruitful partnership to create dinner glassware with the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory and glass artist Oluf Jensen. This was followed in 1925 by Holmegaard’s hiring Jacob Eiler Bang as the glassworks’ first in-house designer.
Bang was trained as an architect and was working on the Danish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts — the fair that brought the Art Deco style to worldwide attention — when his efforts caught the attention of Holmegaard. Bang believed in the concept of making things that were “beautiful, strong, practical and cheap.” His seductive, functionalist designs for vases, decanters, bottles and other objects — guided by the theories that underpin Scandinavian modernism — garnered acclaim for both Bang and Holmegaard, and he became known as one of the fathers of functionalism in Danish glassware.
Holmegaard went on to work with Per Lütken, who created intricate objects that redefined the factory’s style and Danish glass design as a whole. Lütken produced over 3,000 pieces for the glassworks, including the revered Provence bowl, one of the pieces for which the glassworks is best known. The brand went on to work with other notable artists including Otto Brauer and Jacob Bang’s son, Michael Bang, whose Palet range, Fontaine wine glass range, and Mandarin lamps are among Holmegaard’s most iconic creations.
Today, Holmegaard Glassworks is owned by Rosendahl Design Group. It is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of glass in addition to being the oldest and most historic.
Find vintage Holmegaard sconces, vessels, decorative bowls, tableware and other pieces on 1stDibs.
- Italian Gilded and Glass BowlLocated in New York, NYMidcentury 1960s Italian gilded Iron with decorative glass bowl. Still retains the metal Made in Italy marking tag. Excellent condition.Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls
MaterialsMetal
- Glazed Pottery Bowl Germany Kunsthandlung W. Welker HeidelbergLocated in New York, NYGlazed pottery bowl made in Germany midcentury Signed: Kunsthandlung W. Welker Heidelberg.Category
Mid-20th Century German Ceramics
MaterialsPottery
- Culver 22-Karat Signed Bowl Midcentury, 1960sBy Culver Ltd.Located in New York, NYMidcentury 1960s signed Culver 22-karat bowl.Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Bowls
MaterialsGlass
- Dorothy Thorpe Rare Signed and Hand-Painted Glass BowlBy Dorothy ThorpeLocated in New York, NYMidcentury Dorothy Thorpe signed and hand-painted. There are two of her signatures on this bowl. Lovely multicolored floral design in mauve pink, green, yellow, burnt orange and her ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Decorative Bowls
MaterialsGlass
- Max Roesler Rodach Germany Art Deco Porcelain Covered BowlLocated in New York, NYSigned Max Roesler Rodach Porcelain. Made in Germany. Art Deco figural design on top. Off-white porcelain with black and gold accents. Covered bowl ...Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Bowls
MaterialsPorcelain
- Dorothy Thorpe Punch Bowl Set Mid Century 1960s Glassware Barware Set of 12By Dorothy ThorpeLocated in New York, NY1960s Mid century dorothy thorpe glassware barware. Punch bowl set. 14 pieces. Includes punch bowl. 12 glasses. Ladle and holder / carrier. ...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsGlass
- Mid-Century Modernist Smoked Glass Curved Bowl by Holmegaard of DenmarkBy HolmegaardLocated in New York, NYA mid-century smoked glass curved bowl by Holmegaard of Denmark. A flat base and circular form features curved wave-like rounded edges. Handblown in smoked grey glass with variances ...Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
MaterialsSmoked Glass
- 1970s Set of Pitcher and Bowl in Glass by Michael Bang for HolmegaardBy Michael Bang, HolmegaardLocated in Knebel, DKSet of pitcher and bowl in yellow glass designed by Michael Bang and produced by Holmegaard in the 1970s. The set is in excellent condition. Seize in cm. / in.: Bowl H: 11.5 / 4,5....Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Glass
MaterialsGlass
- 1970s Set of Pitchers and Bowl in Glass by Michael Bang for HolmegaardBy Holmegaard, Michael BangLocated in Knebel, DKSet of two pitchers and a bowl in dusty yellow, designed by Michael Bang and produced by Holmegaard in the 1970s. The well designed set with it´s 1970´s colors is in very good con...Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Glass
MaterialsGlass
- 1960s Danish Grey Glass Handmade Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard. No 16039By Per Lütken, Per Lutken for Holmegaard, HolmegaardLocated in London, GB1960s smoky heavy grey handmade glass decorative bowl or dish . Manufactured by Holmegaard in Denmark. Designed by Per Lütken. The pattern number is 16039 which is etched and also s...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
MaterialsGlass, Art Glass
- Two Dishes and a Bowl in Hand Blown Blue Glass by Michael Bang for HolmegaardBy Michael Bang, HolmegaardLocated in Knebel, DKSet of two dishes and a bowl in blue glass, designed by Michael Bang and produced by Holmegaard in the 1970s. The well designed set with it´s 1970´s colors is in very good conditi...Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Glass
MaterialsGlass, Opaline Glass
- Scandinavian Modern Art Glass Bowl or Ashtray by Holmegaard, 1958By HolmegaardLocated in New York, NYA beautiful and substantial signed Scandinavian Modern Danish modern clear/transparent art glass bowl or ashtray, 1958, Denmark, by Holmegaard. Bowl has marker's mark (Holmegaard), y...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Ashtrays
MaterialsArt Glass