AALTO VASE (CLEAR) 9744/3031-145 WOODEN MOLD

Alvar Aalto won a design competition for an exhibition at the following year's Paris World's Fair, held in 1936 by KARHULA-IITTALA,
with multiple sketches of asymmetrical, organic curves titled "Leather Trousers for an Eskimo Woman."
At the Paris World's Fair, 10 pieces manufactured by Karhula were exhibited in the Finnish Pavilion he designed, marking Alvar Aalto's first solo glass works.
In the same year, he also designed two flower vases for the Savoy restaurant, which he was in charge of the interior design for,
and one of them, model number 9750/3030, is still a popular product manufactured today and is commonly known as the SAVOY VASE.

This is model number 9744/3031, 145mm high, manufactured using a wooden mold.
Since there is no cut signature, the exact manufacturing date is unknown.

It is a second quality product or prototype that was not sold, either manufactured by KARHULA until 1948 (mostly without a cut signature, with some exceptions), or by IITTALA after 1949.
IITTALA also seems to have produced a limited number of items using wooden molds in the 1980s and 1990s.
It is highly probable that it is the latter.
*It is in good condition with no noticeable damage.