Eystein Sandnes trained as both a ceramist and a glass designer in Oslo before taking the lead design role at Magnor Glassverk in the early 1950s — the same generation of Norwegian designers who moved glassmaking away from cut crystal and toward something closer to sculpture. This vase shows exactly that shift: a deep red body threaded through with a fine, even grid of trapped air bubbles, sitting on a clear glass foot that lets the color glow rather than sit flat.
The bubble technique here isn't decorative glitter — it's controlled, one bubble at a time, blown into the glass while still molten, which is why the spacing reads so precisely even under the color. Good honest vintage condition, no chips or repairs.
Eystein Sandnes trained as both a ceramist and a glass designer in Oslo before taking the lead design role at Magnor Glassverk in the early 1950s — the same generation of Norwegian designers who moved glassmaking away from cut crystal and toward something closer to sculpture. This vase shows exactly that shift: a deep red body threaded through with a fine, even grid of trapped air bubbles, sitting on a clear glass foot that lets the color glow rather than sit flat.
The bubble technique here isn't decorative glitter — it's controlled, one bubble at a time, blown into the glass while still molten, which is why the spacing reads so precisely even under the color. Good honest vintage condition, no chips or repairs.
