A Michael Bang “Unika” Exhibition Goblet Vase for Holmegaard, 1976

A rare piece of Scandinavian art glass by the renowned Danish post war designer Michael Bang. This is a rare and possibly unique exhibition vase making it a prized piece in any Scandinavian glass collection. The engraved marked base 1097 (the Unika model number) MB and HG6 for the year 1976. The vase is of goblet form with raised ‘confetti’ black and white speckled mound to the well. The goblet form was a successful design for Michael Bang that went onto be produced in many iterations.

Measuring: 19.0cm high x 12.5cm diameter 

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Bang (1942-2013) was the son of Jacob E. Bang, Holmegaard’s first designer. In the 1960s and 1970s, Michael Bang was a designer at the Odense Glass Factory, but moved with his family to Holmegaard in the 1980s when he joined the Holmegaard Glass Factory. Here he managed the design of the hand-blown lamps in opal-white glass in which the glass factory specialised.

Michael Bang was quick-witted, fascinating and fun and able to spellbind an audience when the glass factory organised talks and presentations. 

Many of his products have now become collector’s items. Holmegaard carries his vases and flower pot covers in the MB range (1981), the Mandarin lamp (1983) and the Mixed Double bonbonniere (2003). 

His Fontaine wine glass range from 1987 with the bubble in the cup of the glass is an example of some of Holmegaard’s most advanced craftsmanship and a current range in the market for exclusive wine service.