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Posted 10 months ago
BELLIN68
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STROMBERGSHYTTAN - SWEDEN
found this as well at the fleamarket today for $1.00 , very cool piece, it was in a bin with other items , and i had to save this beautiful vase very cool theres a a chip in it but for a buck why not. heres some info i have found on the web from wiki.
Strömbergshyttan is a glassworks place in the region of the Swedish province Smaland , which is called the Kingdom of Crystal - located in Lessebo Municipality , midway between the central towns Hovmantorp and Lessebo.
Strömbergshyttans glassworks was 1933 its name from the service manager Edward Stromberg but the glass factory had been founded already in 1876 under the name Lindefors glassworks. The mailing address was well into the 1940s Lindenfors, Hovmantorp but eventually also changed the town name to Strömbergshyttan.
Lindefors Glassworks was built by the wealthy senator John August from Lake Linneryd and the owner of the farm Lindeskruvs John Lindqvist, with Lake as an inspector. Lindefors operated intermittently and in part in conjunction with that of Lake Alfred also owned Bergdala Glassworks . In January 1919 Lake mill sold to a timber firm in Oskarshamn, but there was no ice cream during their ägartid forward to 1925. There was a glass-grinder shaft briefing, schooled at the Kosta glassworks , which in 1925 bought Lindefors and who in 1929 had started operation in partnership with glasblåsarmästaren Knut Bergqvist and his nephew, Eugene. Both of these came from Orrefors and Knut became Lindefors mill designer, except that he was the blower and cab master. During this difficult economic period, thirty were forced to be shut down operation 1931st The same crisis-ridden 1933 Eda glassworks where Edvard Stromberg was the manager.
When was forced to shut down operations at Eda, moved Edvard Stromberg summer of 1933 back to Småland and Lindefors. Together with his wife, designer Gerda Strömberg once he started Lindefors glassworks. They rented it and gave it the name Strömbergshyttan and later became also the owner of the mill. Edvard Stromberg also managed to re-employ glasblåsarmästaren Knut Bergqvist, whom he knew well from the years 1918 to 1927, when the two had worked at Orrefors Glassworks. Stromberg was the period of house manager at Orrefors and Knut Bergqvist was Glassblower there 1914-1929. Stromberg also completed the work force at his new glass factory with a dozen or so glass workers from Eda. Now they had a firm foundation with the Edvard Stromberg, conductor and his wife Gerda as a designer and skilled glass blowers and cutters both from Småland and Värmland glass centers.
Gerda Strömberg had become a household name during the couple's time on the Eda Glassworks from 1927 to 1933. At Strömbergshyttan cemented her even more its position as one of the great designers in the Swedish glass in 1930 - and 1940's. After Edvard Stromberg's death in 1946 took over management of the practice altogether by his son, the engineer Erik Stromberg. After his death in 1960 was the wife Asta full responsibility for the management of the mill and she created is also a respected name as a designer for the mill last 20 years. During the period 1954 to 1967 had also Gunnar Nylund worked as a designer at Strömbergshyttan. He was primarily known as a designer for Rörstrand 1931-67 and in his early years working at the Bing & Grondal 1925-28. Other designers in the mill's later years, Rune Strand, 1963-68, and Anders Solfors. In the summer of 1979 was running down definitively at Strömbergshyttans glassworks, after it had been run by Orrefors Group after bankruptcy 1976th
It then started a studio glassworks in 1987 on the resort Strömbergshyttan, but in a different room, and it was named Studio Strömbergshyttan. The brand name is sometimes confused with the former family-owned glassworks Strömbergshyttan. The new studio foundry was started by three Glassblower who previously worked for Hovmantorps, Orrefors and Kosta Boda glassworks: Håkan Gunnarsson, Leif Persson and Mikael Axen Brant. Glass furnace at Studio Strömbergshyttan quenched 2008 and the operation was transferred to Bergdala glassworks, but the show room in Strömbergshyttan has been maintained. The new brand is Bergdala Studio Glass which is an amalgamation of Bergdala Design Studio Strömbergshyttan
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Another beauty Sean !! Love the etching !!
thankyou very hedgewalker for the love and very kind words and thankyou very much miKKoChristmas for the love :)
thankyou eye4beauty for the loves:)
hello eye4beauty you found a st vinnes how cool is that the days to go are weds and mondays :)
THANKYOU CZECHMAN FOR THE LOVE :) how are u today buddy?
Sean, did'nt i see one of theses (in the same shape) that had color & a round thingy(technical description) in the middle?
deer in the middle or fawns in the middle:) and thankyou mike for the love :) this has to be maybe from the 1935-1949?
Beautiful...:-)
Love a good flea. Is it a regular thing? Now a permanent stop for you?
Hello Amberrose i as well love a good fleamarket as well,maybe im not for sure yet becase its 23 miles out of town:)thankyou for the love Amber,inky and the kind words,vetraio50 and bratjdd:)for the loves:)
thankyou very much art-of-glass for the love , what i really loved about this piece is the etching and it real shows its true age :) and its very beautiful to me :)
Indeed, and for $1 you can't go wrong at all and if you love it, who cares about the chip hehe
It's a shame their glass is underrated in general though.
im so in all of in a agreement with art-of-glass and i have to say the chip didnt even bother me of none whats so ever :) and your so right about that their glass is underrated:) thankyou very much art-of-glass your a very kind person and a great collector:) and i love your collection as well :)
**blush** thanks Bellin68 :-)
I am prone to buying chipped/damaged items, especially if they're something rare or in fear they'll end up being thrown away.
your very welcome art-of-glass , and thankyou for sharing:) speaking of chiped glass heres one for you to see that i ve bought some months back that ive saved for you to see so heres the link
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/54472-vintage-1950s-1960s-kosta--sweden-vas
thankyou petey for the love :)
thankyou mrmajestic1 for the love:)
thankyou very much purpledog for the love :)
thankyou Marc112 for the loves:)
That's nice:)
I used to sell books and looking at my leftover books this is a 1954 design piece by them and shows the same deer setting. There are some numbers below but it is in the book "Swedish Glass Factories" production catalogs 1915 - 1960.
The book was published by Prestel says 87 but if I remember right the book was put out in the mid to later 1990's.
Its a Book that anyone interested in Orrefors type glass should own. Phil.
THANKYOU Phil for the answer to date this vase that really means a lot to me :) and sharing the information as well , that was very nice of you:and thankyou Phil for the love:) and thankyou Micmac for the love and the kind words .
thankyou collector4evr for the love:)
His name is MIKAEL AXENBRANT
Thankyou IVAN49 for the infor and the love :)
thankyou MattyG for the love:)
THANKYOU Amberrose for the love:)
I straighten out some misunderstandings and misinterpretations about this vase: It's a Strömbergshyttan vase number B917 (not 2917), for sure designed by Asta Strömberg. The engraving design C649 (not T649) could also be of her design, but it's more difficult to comment on? My father has in alla cases attributet a similar vase, but with straight-cut top and model number B489, to Asta. This vase has egraving number C401, a not unlike deer motif but without the bushes. I think this engraving could be from Gerda Strömberg, and then Asta had been inspired to develope it with more details to C649? But it's my speculation. But the shape of the vase can almost certainly be attributed to Asta Stromberg.
Nils/
Yes, I agree with rebessin, I also noticed the numbers were all wrong, but I overlooked mentioning it as I thought it was minor to you. The numbers were different in the book but I cannot remember them now. Happy New Year to you Sean. Phil.
love it -- looks like your on the mend -- enjoy the evening
thankyou rebessin,Phil , and epson . for your help as well i guess im having a hard time figuring out the numbers on this one . and the information you given is great so please tell what should i change the posting to ?
1954
B/489C then a space or two and then 401 is what is in book
But also in the book picture has been developed further to without bushes, a straight cut top and also the base seems deeper, with a much more hollowed out bottom. That seems the only one listed in the catalog pages I have in the book, so I possibly cannot give you an expert opinion.
thankyou Phil for the information:)
It's a great piece of glass and for a dollar you can ignore the chip. I have plenty of chipped and cracked glass, and quite often I know the undamaged is out there to be bought, but my pockets are not deep enough.
thankyou very much lovedecanters for the love ,kind words ,and sharing :) and mine arent any deeper:)