Early Graal Experiment

Data: Signed; Orrefors, Hald, 1936. Height; 8.2cm. Birds in blue against a background of clear and red.

Exhibited: As far as I am aware, not exhibited.

Provenance; Bought at Swedish auction.

The piece. The first properly signed thick Graal, Orrefors, is not believed to have been produced until 1937. Before that—before Thin Graal was turned into Thick Graal—some experimentation had been done. Such transitional pieces were not signed “Graal”. This is such a piece.