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Nanny Still McKinney
'Ambra' coloured glass candleholder, 1960s

1 – 9 September 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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Nanny Still McKinney

'Ambra' coloured glass candleholder, 1960s
5 x 19.5 cm. Produced by Riihimäen Lasi Oy, Riihimäki, Finland. Underside incised with NANNY STILL RIIHIMÄEN LASI O.Y.
Together with;
Two Tapio Wirkkala glass vases, model no. 3429, produced 1970-1989. Each 17.5cm high. Produced by Iittala, Helsinki, Finland. Underside of each incised with TAPIO WIRKKALA 3429.;
And a Per Lütken 'The Iron' (Strygejernet) vase, from the Bison orchid series (Bison orkidè), designed 1956, produced 1957, in coloured glass. 13.2 x 16 x 5 cm. Produced by Holmegaard, Denmark. Underside incised with Holmegaard/1957 and artist's initials PL;
And a Kaj Franck glass dish, 1960s-1970s. 4.2cm high, 16cm diameter. Produced by Iittala, Helsinki, Finland. Underside incised with K. FRANCK IITTALA.
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Footnotes

Literature
Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala - eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 317.
Holmegaard Glasværk's, 1959-1965, p. 301, nos. 16074, 16075
Per Lütken, Glass is Life, My Black Book, nos. 1013, 1014

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