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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Scimitarsteve on October 29, 2018, 11:47:44 AM

Title: Sea glasbruk bowl
Post by: Scimitarsteve on October 29, 2018, 11:47:44 AM

I recently bought this bowl from a flea market in Sweden. It is not valuable but I am curious as to what the marks underneath mean. It appears to read ' Sea 555 ' which I believe refers to the Sea Glasbruk (factory). Can anybody help me with any more information?
best, Steve

Title: Re: Sea glasbruk bowl
Post by: catshome on June 06, 2019, 08:17:50 PM

Hello and welcome.

What a striking piece.......you don't realise immediately from the pictures that it is over a foot wide.

The mark appears to match the example on the brilliant 20thcenturyGlass website.  Link below

Http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/scandinavian_glass/sea_glass/seaglass_home.html

The book Fire & Sea, page 138, refers to a floriform bowl from the 1960s.  However, the one they illustrate is much smaller than yours, so you will need to do a little more searching for an exact match. 

I can't tell you anything about the numbers, I suspect they are model numbers.  I don't know whether there is a reference list anywhere for these, but another member may well have more information on that.

I would have bought it too!

Title: Re: Sea glasbruk bowl
Post by: Scimitarsteve on June 07, 2019, 08:59:29 AM

many thanks !  I had indeed not seen that web site. I have a browse.
Best, /Steve