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Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Pinkspoons on May 28, 2006, 04:36:17 PM

I just bought this really lovely inkwell, which for some mystifying reason no one else wanted, and I don't recognise the signature on the bottom...

 AUCTION  (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7416950451)

...any clue, anyone?  :D

Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Anne on May 29, 2006, 12:55:15 AM

Just a thought Nic, could it signify that it was made for a corporate commission  rather than for open sale?

Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Pinkspoons on May 29, 2006, 06:38:30 AM

I've got a corporate commision Holmegaard decanter, and that's unsigned. But then decanters were rarely signed.

Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Pinkspoons on June 15, 2006, 09:55:28 AM

I can post a bigger photograph of the signature now that the inkwell's arrived:

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/pinkspoons/holm-sig.jpg)

I've been trying to find people who've designed for Holmegaard whose names begin with 'C', and I can only think of Christer Holmgren of C&C Holmgren design team fame.

Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Ivo on June 15, 2006, 11:57:58 AM

I've seen the copyright symbol (C) used on scandinavian glass to denote the design has been registered.  Just a thought.....

Title: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Pinkspoons on June 15, 2006, 12:41:49 PM

That's a thought. Never seen it crop up on Holmegaard glass before, though. I get the feeling this one will remain a mystery.

Title: Re: Holmegaard Inkwell - Unidentified Signature
Post by: Pinkspoons on February 01, 2007, 10:11:32 AM

Mystery solved! My first thought was right - it's Christer Holmgren's monogram.