Beer Mug
Simon Gate
Swedish, 1883–1945
c. 1941
A clear glass beer mug by Simon Gate, intended as a pared-down, durable drinking vessel that emphasizes pure form and skilled glassmaking.
You first notice its transparent, cylindrical body and thick, weighty base, with a smoothly applied loop handle and unadorned rim that together convey clean, tactile simplicity.
Rooted in Scandinavian modernism and Orrefors' mid‑20th‑century practice, it shows how designers translated high craftsmanship into everyday, functional objects that shaped later industrial and domestic glassware.
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 5 x 3 7/16" (11.4 x 12.7 x 8.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Orrefors Galleries
Accession
794.1941
Palette
Art Terms
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