Lars Kjellander, born1799, was the first Swedish born glass engraver and came to Kosta Glasbruk from Cedersbergs Glasswork in 1825. Previously all engravers came from Germany.
His son Erik 1830-1916 was a man with many qualifacations and ideas. He became master-engraver and foreman in Kosta Glassworks. His four sons were also engaged there and they became skilled engravers, but unfortunatly, three passed away at young age.
Lars Johan Kjellander 1868-1931, began life at Kosta as an apprentice to his father, Erik at the age of 15 and soon became a clever artist and skilled engraver and later manager of the engraving workshop, known as Kjellandrarnas Verkstad (= Worksshop ). His work was displayed in many exhibitions, Paris, Turin, Karlsruhe, St.Petersburg and of course in Stockholm. At the Art-Industrial Exhibition in Stockholm 1909, he demonstrated the art of engraving and of cutting glass.
Dispite of the war 1914-1918, Kosta continued to export glassware to U.S.A, much of it was the design and work of Lars Kjellander. A lot of the items exported, were the beautiful wine-glasses he engraved,working at Kosta.
Lars seldom signed his work and if he did, it was simply marked LK.
In 1924 Lars and his two sons, Åke, 1903-1989 and Nils, 1907-1991 decided to start their own business and they opened a work-shop in Vetlanda. From 1925 engraved crystal from the Kjellanders in Vetlanda was soon in great demand in many parts of the world, vases bowls. wine-glasses etc.
Åke and Nils ,the fourth generation of the family of glass-engravers, continued their work until 1983.
Your item is from the last generation, Åke and/or Nils and can be dated to the 60ies. The numbers refer to the model of the item and the design engraved.
(sources Eleonor Kjellander-Johannisson, Ösbyvägen 19, 182 54 Djursholm, daughter of Åke Kjellander)
Now you know everything!
Topic: ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase - ID = Kjellander (Read 6092 times)
