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Title: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 21, 2017, 04:07:28 PM
Can be found at http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html

Can also be accessed from the start page, http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/eng-index.html
Way down on the menu, click on "Downloads, catalogues"

I have also added some pages on our glass objects, start here http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/eng-artefakter.html
Only acid etched services to begin with, but it is a start...

Enjoy!
Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: essi on March 21, 2017, 09:19:11 PM
Thanks so much Kerstin for posting those images. Its always difficult to find any glass catalogues.
Not being to greedy but do you have Kosta Boda catalogues from the 1960s or 70s?.
Thanks again,
Tim
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 22, 2017, 12:34:28 PM
erm... given that the combined trademark (Kosta Boda) was created in the late 70-ies: probably not :-)

Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: essi on March 22, 2017, 07:36:36 PM
My mistake Kerstin, Kosta or Boda.
Tim
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 23, 2017, 08:17:43 PM
well :-)
As soon as (or maybe: if ever) I find more catalogues, they will be published - that's the best I can say...

(Tip: watch out for a Boda w/o year, but probably 30'ies or 40'ies soon... needs to be cleared up)

Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on June 28, 2017, 04:37:03 PM
New: Kosta 1931 in 3 parts, at http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html (http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html)

Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: essi on July 01, 2017, 09:56:35 PM
Thank you so much Kerstin for posting the old catalogues online.
Elis Bergh  has to be one of the best Swedish glass designers of all time.
He seemed so modern across all his designs.
I appreciate all the fine cutting of other Swedish designers, but the shapes and variety of Berghs designs seems to show a total understanding of glass working.
Thanks again ,
Tim
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: Pinkspoons on July 02, 2017, 06:50:14 PM
Thanks for uploading the catalogues. You've helped me solve a long-standing mystery.

Apparently I own an Ewald Dahlskog 'Probitum' vase!
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on July 03, 2017, 06:46:21 PM
Glad to have been of some help!

Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on July 31, 2017, 07:02:15 AM
New: Sandviksglas by Gate and Hald, 1926

Not very good quality, but the best I could do... (and perhaps better than nothing?)

http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on October 31, 2017, 03:24:35 PM
Some more Kosta catalogues have come my way.

Like the others, all can be found at http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html (http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html). (Should the links be broken, try re-loading the page - the actual files have been moved)

Should someone "out there" be good with designer codes, I would be happy to publish a list of them - Kosta 1960 and Kosta 1966 have 2-letter codes, which I suppose are for designer names. (Myself, I am more intersted in obsolete techniques than in glass objects...) A PM will find me, or an email to kontakt (at) bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se.

Kerstin in Sweden
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on November 09, 2017, 08:45:18 PM
Found: another website with Swe catalogues (but not free...)

http://www.bayakerblom.se/glaslitteratur_kataloger_diverse/ovrigt.html (http://www.bayakerblom.se/glaslitteratur_kataloger_diverse/ovrigt.html)

He also has two "example files" (free):
Björkå ovenproof: http://www.bayakerblom.se/dokumentation_glas/Bjorka%20Eldfasta%20ugnsformar.pdf (http://www.bayakerblom.se/dokumentation_glas/Bjorka%20Eldfasta%20ugnsformar.pdf) (no year, that I can see - but given the instructions, it was early in the ovenproof era - before the '40ies?)

Målerås: http://www.bayakerblom.se/dokumentation_glas/Aktiebolaget%20Maleras%20Glasbruk.pdf  (http://www.bayakerblom.se/dokumentation_glas/Aktiebolaget%20Maleras%20Glasbruk.pdf) (no year either)
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on February 23, 2018, 05:13:47 PM
more catalogues:

Boda nr 7 (unknown year, guessing late 50-60)

several Åfors - even the Godon catalogues have been uploaded

also, for those so inclined: 33 issues of the "personnel paper" Mängen, for workers at Åfors, Kosta, Boda, Johansfors, Skruf & Målerås (not all glasworks all the time)

All this to be reached from http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html

... more in the proverbial pipeline...

Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: SveziaJonas on February 23, 2018, 05:19:56 PM
Hej Kerstin.

Tack så mkt för att du delar med dig👍😀/Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hälsningar/ regards
Jonas
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on February 23, 2018, 06:20:00 PM
hmmm - what's the saying?

"we aim to please", perhaps?
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 03, 2018, 01:10:13 PM
New:

Elme 1926

several Pukeberg

(most of there have come to me as collections of individual pictures - to maximize "order" and minimize size, I paste them into word and save them as .pdfs - sometimes pages are not quite in order, sometimes they are doubled. If I spot the mistakes, I try to correct them, but I guess there are several mis-orders I have not spotted...)

again, all at http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html

Welcome to browse our other pages, too!
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 21, 2018, 04:10:23 PM
Today

- Kosta vinserviser after 1950

- Kosta Boda Collection 1992 (in several parts)  (yes, all parts have the same 5 pages in the beginning - the rest are different)
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on June 01, 2018, 04:35:47 PM
today:

Gullaskruf 1947

Transjö 1871-1931

(y'all know where, I hope...)
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: SveziaJonas on June 01, 2018, 05:39:07 PM
Fantastic as usuall.
Thank you Kerstin.
I have the catalog, Pukebergs glasbruk 1871-1946 minnesskrift.
Är det något du vill ha eller har du den redan?

Regards
Jonas
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on June 01, 2018, 06:54:15 PM
Tack - minnesskriften har jag. Men vadå katalog?
(har mängder med lampkataloger, tråkiga. av "spännande" har jag cryopas, men den är i dåligt skick och dessutom mindre än en kunde tro...)

Errm. In English: feel free to scan and publish whatever you (anyone of you) have - send me links, and I will link.
If you do not have a place to publish, I can do that - my data space is bigger than I can use for myself...  (I'll give you credit, of course)

It has to be ... reasonable: someone gave me a facsimile of a Målerås cat, the facsimile is copyrighted by the museum in 1990. I feel I cannot publish that - it may not still be in print, but... is copyrighted by the museum.
I don't have problems w glassworks' catalogues of the '90ies: I may not be formally correct, but my reasoning is: by reproducing their promotional material (promoting things no longer manufactured), I am helping them "spreading their fame"...
(Actually, I was in contact w Kosta some months ago, they applauded my initiative)

So. Jonas: har du nåt spännande, så kan jag upplåta plats!

Kerstin in Sweden
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kisslikeether on June 29, 2018, 07:28:06 PM
May I make a suggestion? Could you include the upload date on the list of document please?
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on June 30, 2018, 07:38:12 AM
Good idea - I will do that from now on. Will put something like "before june'18" on the others, 'cos I can't remember...
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on October 13, 2018, 04:23:12 PM
Some new material: Orrefos engraved, Orrefors in bad quality (photocopies of photocopies... then scanned)

Also a Strömbergshyttan without publ date, but fairly modern

All new uploads now have a date (why did I not think of that myself - thanks for the suggestion!)

There are also several additions to the  Mängen page.

All to be found at/from http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html

(again: I would be happy to host any Swe catalogues that anyone wants to share! Tip: scan as individual pictures (jpg is ok), paste them into word, save as pdf - this is a way to minimize file size w/o losing too much detail, in my experience) 
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 05, 2019, 11:08:28 AM
As of today: eight old Boda catalogues

http://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: SveziaJonas on March 05, 2019, 05:09:56 PM
Thank you Kerstin...:)

/Jonas
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: essi on March 05, 2019, 09:24:40 PM
Thanks for taking the time to upload the catalogues.
Tim
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on September 08, 2019, 01:44:18 PM
Today I discovered some digitalized glass catalogues at Kungliga Biblioteket (Royal Library).

I have added links for Eda, Hofmantorp ("old" H), Kosta (top of list) and Kungelf.

Where? oh, the ususal... https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html

(some of them are rather big)

Enjoy!
Kerstin
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: Anne on September 08, 2019, 08:21:17 PM
Super, thank you Kerstin. I love looking through these old catalogues.
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: BlueOctopus on October 09, 2019, 08:04:10 PM
Kerstin you made my day!!!
I‘m a collector of all kind of glasses, but my heart jumps mostly with Scandinavian glass. To find this link to the bergdala is like a gift. Only by scrolling rough through some pages. I‘ve identified nearly 5 glasses. I will sit down on the week end and will save them all on my hard disc. 2017 I spend 2 weeks in the glasriket, viseted EVERY hyttan and got religiös meeting Micke  Johansson blowing a 15 kg Gral masterpeace . For one of his Ariel vases I could murder.  :-[ ::) 3 Masterblower worked together and I watched them 3 hours, it was really something I never will forget. To get a member of this community was the best I did for long time. Hurray !!!
Monika
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: BlueOctopus on October 09, 2019, 08:18:04 PM
By the way, one of the 3 masterblower was Rolf Sinnemark.
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on October 10, 2020, 07:52:11 PM
Today I published a catalogue for Svenska Kristallglasbruken (aka Kristallbolaget) of 1904.

Svenska Kristallglasbruken was formed as a sales organization for Kosta, Reijmyre, Eda, Alsterfors and Flöxhult, but (as I understand it) they soon got megalomania and started buying glassworks (and starting new ones) as if "everything was right with the world". Of course that did not last for ever, so by (around) 1930 they went bust.

(Probably, the https://Bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se (https://Bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se) has them to thank for a couple of interesting machines... but that is another story)

The catalogue from 1904 is the only one that I know of, and it cost me(us) a small fortune to get it digitized from Royal Library, so I hope you enjoy it!

It is (as usual) found at https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html - after Kosta, before Kungelf (because Kristallglasbruken, or Kristallbolaget is (are?) the important words here... even if I do give them their full name)
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on November 17, 2020, 03:45:10 PM
Some more catalogues uploaded today.

I found some more catalogues and price lists from Kristallglasbruken some time ago (and this time I didn't have to pay for them) - the 1904 price list is huge, so it comes in 3 parts.
The there is a catalogue for "household and pressed glass" also from 1904, plus a price list.

Then there is a cat + price list for export, 1922.
(Pray, what is an "iceplate"? - I can't even guess...)

Lastly, a "Model book" from the (now defunct) public hotel and restaurant chain SARA.

As usual:  https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 31, 2021, 10:53:15 AM
New catalogues from SEA and Strömbergshyttan.

Reorganisation: Kosta and Kosta Boda have got their own page (link from https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html - and there is a link back, too) There are some new Kosta Boda publications as well.
I have several more price lists (w/o photos) not published, but can do that on request.
Asking for help: two of the new publications do not have a printing year: should any of you experts be able to help with year (or interval), please tell!

I have moved the files on the server, so if links seem dead: first reload the page. If that doesn't help, please contact me! (that goes for links from other pages, too - I *hope* I have fixed them all)
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on May 11, 2021, 01:18:39 PM
Today I have posted  14 (+2+1) catalogues and pricelists from Lindshammar. (Thank you, Benny!)

As we talked about in another thread, the sometimes occurring "s" at the end is a possessive - Lindshammar is the village, Lindshammars glasbruk is the glassworks of Lindshammar; Strömbergshyttan is the village, Strömbergshyttans glasbruk is the glassworks of Strömbergshyttan.

Not all names are constructed the same - thus Bergdala, Boda, Eda, (Elme was a glasworks situated in Älmhult), Kosta, Orrefors (possibly because it already ends with an s), Reimyre, SEA (not a place), Transjö, Åfors (possibly because it ends in s) are all glassworks that do not take as s.

As you all know, all our material has a CC BY SA license, so you are all welcome to it.
... but should you feel like it, you can now contribute via a PayPal donation button...

Catalogues to be found at https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html , as always.
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on October 04, 2022, 01:30:59 PM
some more catalogues:
Björkå 2pcs
Eda 15
Hofmantorp gamla
Hofmantorp nya
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: essi on October 04, 2022, 06:10:42 PM
Thank you Kerstin for finding these catalogues and taking the time to upload them to this site.
I have been trying to buy the book, Glas fran Eda for some time now.
The Eda catalogues you uploaded were great to see.
Tim
Title: Re: published: some old-ish Swedish catalogues for download
Post by: kerstinfroberg on March 22, 2023, 03:35:29 PM
https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar.html : Again some "new" old catalogues - some Gullaskruf, Johansfors (maybe more), also I have found the technique reports from Kalmar museum *now also in English* (above the catalogues).

On the special Kosta page (https://bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se/nedladdningar-kosta.html) there are some 16-1700 newly scanned pages of KostaBoda catalogues. (Tip: in some of the newer (newer than 2002) most of the series also have the year in which they were launched)

Now a question for you: we have several pricelists from late 1990 - early 2000. In most of them it says "recommended retail  net prices, taxes and duties to be added". Is this something you, glass ppl on this forum, are at all interested in? (myself, technique nerd, would not know...) If I get no reactions, I will take it as "no particular interest" and let them remain in the box.

Speaking of techniques: we have found a promotional video from Orrefors-Kosta-Boda from 1997. We have added captions in English and posted it to our youtube channel - direct link to video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUs2rvqUwc0  (If we have got the terminology wrong, please drop me an e-mail to kerstin@bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se !)