A lovely vintage hand blown Mdina glass basket or small bowl.
Presented in the sea and sand pattern of blue with and ochre swirl.
Clear glass wings meet at the top to form the handle.
This early example is unsigned.
Hand blown by Mdina glass on the island of Malta in the 1970s
Its approx 12cm tall and 8.5cm wide.
Mdina Glass was a handmade glass studio based on the island of Malta. It was founded in 1968 by Michael Harris, a lecturer in industrial glass design at the Royal College of Art. Attracted by various government incentives offered by newly independent Malta, Eric Dobson and Michael Harris (Royal College of Art colleagues) ventured out to Mediterranean island from the UK with the aim of opening Malta's first ever glassware manufacturer. The company, Maltese Glass Industries (which soon changed to Mdina Glass), became an active glassmaking company in 1968.
Mdina glass is collected worldwide with some pieces fetching thousands of pounds.