Topic: pressed candle holder? id help please

[Paul S.]

Just my uneducated opinion - and despite the name on the label - Loewenstein Hecht seemed to have more of a German ring than Czechoslovakian.

[NevB]

I've seen this attributed to Schweig and Muller which I think is a good possibility. Paul, the borders in the area of western Czechoslovakia used to be very fluid and included Bohemia and the infamous German speaking Sudetenland. It's also of course possible that Loewenstein Hecht were a German/Jewish company.

[Paul S.]

Hi - thanks Nev.  -  I should have added  -  though it's probably already been commented on  -  that the Registrant is almost certainly an agent/importer only  -  great shame that the Kew archives don't give the maker's name too.

[Wojtek Wrzyszczyński]

Hi. Thanks for your replies.
But there is a problem with Glashüttenwerke Germania Schweig (Müller & Co.) - it ceased to exist in 1912. 

[NevB]

That surprises me as I thought the company (Muller & co.) existed into the 1930's as there are lots of references to them online producing figurines etc up until that time.

[Wojtek Wrzyszczyński]

Here I found information about this glassworks. This is a bit surprising.
https://www.saechsische.de/plus/von-einer-schweren-krise-in-die-naechste-727081.html

[NevB]

Unfortunately my schoolboy German isn't that good and there isn't a translator, but I do understand that the company was incorporated into VLG. This linked site has several pieces attributed to Müller and also a link to Pressglas-Korrespondenz for further information.

 https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/german-austrian_glass/mullerglass_home.htm