Aqva Graal

Data: Signed; "Aqvagraal, Edward Hald, Orrefors 1958”. Height; 18 cm. An unusual Aqvagraal in the shape of a pear. 

Exhibited; Full page photo in “Svenskt Konstglas” 1991, page 110.

Provenance; Bought at auction in the 1980s.

The piece. This “Aqva Graal” in the shape of a pear is one of rather few relatively pleasant-looking objects made in this technique that is sort of a mixture of Thick Graal, Ariel, and Ravenna. The pear shape was occasionally used when making “Slipgraals”, and the Aqva-Graalʼs closest living relative indeed is said to be the “Slipgraal”. Yet, this piece has a pattern resembling that of a Ravenna, the thickness of a Thick Graal, the air bubbles of an Ariel, the shape of an unusual Slipgraal, and the look of a thick Graal: a strange piece.