The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Bowl
c. 1960–67
(Swedish, est. 1898)
Diameter: 10.2 x 21 cm (4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The number of sides on this bowl make it the shape of a hendecagon, or an eleven-sided polygon.Description
This eleven-sided bowl features stylized leaves on each of its flat surfaces. These leaves may refer to Orrefors’s location within Sweden’s Småland forests. The bowl’s charcoal translucency was a popular shade of glass coloring throughout the 20th century.- Purchased from Fisher Bruce & Co.
- {{cite web|title=Bowl|url=false|author=Orrefors Glasshouse|year=c. 1960–67|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.134