Vintage MCM Pale Blue Opaline Art Glass Vase in Danish Style

At 31 cm tall and 16 cm wide, this hand-blown pale blue opaline art glass vase in the Danish mid-century modern style has the quietly elegant presence that the best Scandinavian-influenced decorative glass achieves, the soft milky blue of the opaline glass giving the rounded body and narrow neck a warmth and depth that clear glass cannot match, the clean modernist profile sitting as comfortably in a contemporary interior as in a mid-century one.

Made in the mid-20th century by an unidentified maker working in the Danish or Scandinavian-influenced style, this vase is an example of the opaline art glass tradition that flourished in Europe in the post-war decades, when the clean lines and restrained colour palette of Scandinavian design became one of the dominant influences on European decorative arts. Opaline glass, produced by adding bone ash or other opacifying agents to the glass batch, has a characteristic soft, milky translucency that gives it a warmth and depth quite different from either clear glass or fully opaque coloured glass, and in the pale blue colourway used here, the effect is particularly refined. The rounded body with its narrow neck is a form that appears frequently in Danish and Scandinavian glass of the mid-century period, and the clean, undecorated surface of this vase allows the quality of the glass and the elegance of the form to speak for themselves. The piece is in very good condition throughout.

• Maker: Unknown
• Dimensions: 31 cm (H) x 16 cm (W)
• Condition: Very Good
• Features: Pale blue opaline glass, hand-blown, rounded body with narrow neck, clean modernist profile
• Period: Mid-century modern
• SKU: CBD-0023

A quietly elegant piece of mid-century opaline art glass for the collector of Scandinavian-influenced decorative glass. Pairs naturally with the cobalt blue bud vase with gold accents (CBD-0024) and the wider Art Glass collection.