Description:

Saara Hopea for Nuutajärvi, a pair of knobbed bowls in clear glass.

Two bowls in clear pressed glass with a flared rim and a dense pattern of knobs.

Origin: Finland.
Designer: Saara Hopea.
Material: Glass.
Dimensions: H. 9 cm, D. 15 cm.
Period: 1970s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Saara Hopea (1925–1984) was a Finnish designer who worked with glass, furniture and jewellery. In 1952 she joined the Nuutajärvi glassworks and Arabia as an associate of Kaj Franck, and her glass came to embody the minimalist Finnish style of the 1950s. Her knobbed glass bowls, designed in 1952, were produced in many sizes and colours until the 1970s.