A RARE MICHAEL HARRIS MDINA ART GLASS VASE FROM THE 1970s : AUTUMN RANGE IN SHADES OF AMBER & BROWN

VERIFIED SELLER SINCE 2009 * > 130,000 100% POSITIVE TRANSACTIONS * BUY WITH COMPLETE PEACE OF MIND

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AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT ITEM!

A MOST BEAUTIFUL VASE BY MICHAEL HARRIS MDINA (MALTA) : AUTUMN RANGE IN SHADES OF AMBER, YELOW AND BROWN

Michael Harris may truly be described as England's premier art glass designer. Born in 1933 in Derbyshire, he was a student at London's Royal College of Art and he founded Mdina Glass in Malta in 1968.

His Azurene range won a Design Council Award in 1979, resulting in a waiting list of two years for his glassware! Michael sadly passed away in 1994, leaving his wife Elizabeth and sons Tim and Jonathan to continue his considerable legacy.

DIMENSIONS

- Height: 203 mm

- Weight: 825 g

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake! 

PLEASE DO HAVE A LOOK AT MY 300+ ITEMS OF CZECH GLASS LISTED

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Most of my Czech art glass items offered for sale were designed for and made at the Skrdlovice/Beranek factory.

The images below were taken shortly before the factory's closure in 2008.

* Please note that glass from the mid-20th century is vintage glassware and age related signs of wear such as small fine surface scratches/marks should be expected. The items are hand-made, they may have imperfections such as bubbles, inclusions and lumps within the glass. Tool marks from where they have been shaped and worked in the manufacturing process can often be seen. As this indicates authenticity and forms an inherent part of the character of handmade crystal glass, these are normally not considered as faults by collectors.

* This magnificent item is original hand-made art glass from Malta (and not Italian Murano, Daum, Kosta Boda, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Swarovski, Leerdam, Val St Lambert, Whitefriars or Lalique studio glass). I personally handpicked this beauty for my private collection and imported it from the UK many moons ago. Sadly, with retirement now a reality, I need to scale down and I hope that this beautiful object will provide its new owner with much joy. XKOBUIC3