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Title: help with identifying bowl please
Post by: taylog1 on August 30, 2015, 07:41:56 PM
any thoughts ?

Picked it up at a car boot sale, feels Orrefors but I don't recognise the signature (nothing else on the base other than that in photo)

Gareth
Title: Re: help with identifying bowl please
Post by: glassobsessed on August 30, 2015, 08:24:21 PM
Perhaps Kosta, maybe Ellis Bergh.

John
Title: Re: help with identifying bowl please
Post by: ahremck on November 01, 2015, 09:01:27 AM
I agree perhaps Kosta c. 1950 but I suggest Bode Willumsen is more likely the designer.  Ellis Bergh just used a B as far as I know.

Ross
Title: Re: help with identifying bowl please
Post by: cjf on December 03, 2015, 11:55:45 AM
The "BW" has been the subject of much speculation over the years, but Bode Willumsen was a new theory to me. The information I have, which is from a renowned Swedish glass expert, is that the combination B-W refers to Elis Bergh models with engraving designed by Gunnar Widholm.

Having said this, I personally do not believe that it says "BW" or that it is Kosta. To me it is more likely that it says "pu", and that it is a Palmqvist piece from Orrefors.
Title: Re: help with identifying bowl please
Post by: ahremck on December 03, 2015, 12:22:14 PM
The only thing that militates against Orrefors is the lack of an "Of" or "Orrefors".  I agree the signature seems fairly obscure.

Ross