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ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase - ID = Kjellander
« on: September 16, 2013, 09:04:51 PM »
When I found this piece I thought it would be a "piece of cake" to ID. Between the leaping gazelle and the signature I thought "Orrefors".
Well, I can't find anything that comes close to the siggy on this piece. I have looked at  many online pieces of glass and I also went to the library but I have come up with nothing.
 Does anyone recognize this piece?
TIA

it weighs in at 1lb.12oz
About 5" high
1/4" thick

PS I have more trouble posting pictures here than any other forum :-(





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Re: ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 09:15:59 PM »
Kjellander! Just need to get you the history i received from Eleonor, the granddaughter....

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Re: ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 09:33:04 PM »
Lars Kjellander, born1799, was the first Swedish born glass engraver and came to Kosta Glasbruk from Cedersbergs Glasswork in 1825. Previously all engravers came from Germany.

His son Erik 1830-1916 was a man with many qualifacations and ideas. He became master-engraver and foreman in Kosta Glassworks. His four sons were  also engaged there and they became skilled engravers, but unfortunatly, three passed away at young age.

Lars Johan Kjellander 1868-1931, began life at Kosta as an apprentice to his father, Erik at the age of 15 and soon became  a clever artist and skilled engraver and later manager of the engraving workshop, known as Kjellandrarnas Verkstad (= Worksshop ). His work was displayed in many exhibitions, Paris, Turin, Karlsruhe, St.Petersburg and of  course in Stockholm. At the Art-Industrial Exhibition in Stockholm 1909, he demonstrated the art of engraving and of cutting glass.

Dispite of the war 1914-1918, Kosta continued to export glassware to U.S.A,  much of it was the design and work of Lars Kjellander. A lot of the items exported, were the beautiful wine-glasses he engraved,working at Kosta.

 Lars seldom signed his work and if he did, it was simply marked  LK.

In 1924  Lars and his two sons, Åke, 1903-1989 and Nils, 1907-1991 decided to start their own business  and they opened a  work-shop in Vetlanda. From 1925 engraved crystal from the Kjellanders in Vetlanda was soon in great demand in many  parts of the world, vases bowls. wine-glasses etc.

Åke and Nils ,the fourth generation of the  family of glass-engravers, continued their work until 1983.


Your item is from the last generation, Åke and/or Nils and can be dated to the 60ies. The numbers refer to the model of the item and the design engraved.

(sources Eleonor Kjellander-Johannisson, Ösbyvägen 19, 182 54 Djursholm, daughter of  Åke Kjellander)

Now you know everything!  :)

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Re: ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 09:52:02 PM »
Anne , you are amazing! I can't thank you enough for all your information.
I live in Central Florida and this is my third piece of Scandinavian glass I have found in as many months.


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Re: ID a Signed and Numbered Glass Vase
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 09:57:58 PM »
Anne , you are amazing! I can't thank you enough for all your information.
I live in Central Florida and this is my third piece of Scandinavian glass I have found in as many months.

It took me a little while to find out what the signature was at the time, but with some help on another forum and here on the GMB,  i managed to and wanted to know a little more,  i was waiting for the perfect opportunity to pass this information on...thanks to Kjellander i fell in love with scandinavian glass and i am pleased that you like it too.

 

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