Topic: Konstglas sculpture CJ Engberg 1966

[todbo]

Thanks for the help here. As I examine the entire circular base, A word that I could not decipher is Urshult! Getting closer!

[catshome]

This looks to be from the same maker as yours

https://allegro.pl/oferta/szklany-swiecznik-konst-glashyttan-urshult-sweden-8414553065?reco_id=c4ad8372-c82d-11e9-b5b4-246e9677f638&sid=0e7a5475e04eefd78184d559df6fb9f87c889ad5ac94196dac75ac99722370c3&bi_s=archiwum_allegro&bi_c=Product&bi_m=reco&


Please do post another picture of the base with all the words showing.....even split into two close ups if it helps.

[Anne]

OK,  think we are getting there. Todd sent me the original big image so I could resize it to show what's there... see attached.

The wording reads  "Konstglashyttan Urshult Sweden E - J. Engberg - 66" which ties in with what I was thinking in my earlier post and matches what Cat found above too.   

[catshome]

The Swedish surname "Engberg" translates as "meadow mountain", which could be the name of the piece.  EJ could then be the initials of the artist, with 66 the model number.   That's if they use the same convention for their marks as FM Konstglas.  i haven't managed to find the right EJ yet.

[Anne]

It appears to have been a short-lived glassworks, Cat. This topic https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,43435.msg242525.html#msg242525  gives a link to the Wikipedia list of Swedish glassworks which includes Urshult and gives its dates as 1965 - 1970, which probably explains the paucity of information about them online. Urshult is a very small village (population 794 inhabitants in 2010).

[todbo]

You folks are simply remarkable detectives! I'm in awe. Really.

[Anne]

A bit more investigating produced the info that there may have been two glassmakers in Urshult.  The first was operative 1965 - 1989 and the second was operative 1973 - 1991. Todbo's piece carrying the 66 might be from 1966 and thus falls under the first one.

[catshome]

That might explain why there's so little in the books - only one piece in "smoke & ice" and one in "fire & sea", and nothing about the company.

[Anne]

I suspect it is, Cat.  These short-lived glassworks are very difficult to find much about unless you can access locals who remember them, which for us is difficult, this one being in Sweden.  If you search Google for Urshult glas you do get results of items they made, which is useful, just no background, history, designers, etc...