Topic: Help with ID please - Ukranian?

[ohioglassguy]

Hello,

I found this out shopping yesterday and was intrigued enough by the quality to purchase it. The piece stands 7 inches tall and does have a sticker, which I have pictured. I am not able to find who the manufacturer is.  The label looks to me to read K N (Backwards N) I B.  I am guessing this is either Scandinavian or Italian in origin but am having no luck with ID. Multiple annealing points and weight/feel tells me it is a quality company, just who?? Any help would be appreciated
Ohioglassguiy

[dirk.]

Hi and welcome!
Admittedly I haven´t got a clue really, but... Could the mirror inverted ´N´ be a cyrillic letter?
Your pieces might be russian perhaps?

[Ivo]

KYIV is the capital of the Ukraine.  KYIV Sklo is a bottle producer but I'm not sure it's a match...
http://www.ukrexport.gov.ua/eng/ukr_export_exporters/?act=view&id=270&country=ukr

[Ivo]

p.s. the fact that it says KYIV and not KYEV means that it is after 1991.

[Cathy B]

Can anyone help?

[antiquerose123]

K(N) I B....the N looks backwards/upside down, so not sure how to google that one but will try something...

Tossing Guesses out as have no idea
http://www.stylehive.com/bookmark/retro-art-glass-czech-glass-handblown-figural-decanter-869024

      

[Jindra8526]

I have got from my US friend two links to Ukraina glass manufacturers

http://www.gxg.com.ua/eng/collections.php
and
http://www.glass4life.com/en.html

Friend told me that he wanted to produce a few glass pieces to some gift collection there hoping for budged price but he had to cancel this idea becouse he said "to build a furnace at Manhatan would be cheaper".

Just historical note: The part of west Ukraine was for many years the part of Austrian monarchy, same as Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland and Bohemia, naturaly. The common history is still apparent not only in customs, architecture but also in glass. 

Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskoslovenskesklo