Amazing Art Glass Piece - Any Information? Belgian

Hi,
I'm not normally an art glass collector but won the candle holder attached in a recent estate sale auction where it caught my eye. The piece belonged to a very prominent collector of automobilia and historic memorabilia.

The story in the very limited catalog description is that this piece is by an early 20th century Belgian artist and was given as a gift to General George S Patton in 1944 by a Belgian dignitary. I don't have any documentation on this and don't think there will be a way to prove that connection (I always take stories like this with a grain of salt)

The piece itself is very heavy (just under 5 lbs) and around 4 1/2" tall - it looks to be very high quality to my untrained eye. It is signed on the bottom but I can't make out the signature - very difficult to read or photograph.

Any insight from art glass experts would be greatly appreciated!

 

can u take a little baby powder and dust it over the siggy...and wipe off excess..

 

I used baking soda and was able to get a slightly clearer view of the signature - still not able to read it though. Hope this helps identify the artist.

 

Best I can do with it.......

 

That is a stunning hunk of glass! Do try Komokwa powder and show us the picture.
Are you sure it is a candle holder?

 

it's not a candle holder..it's a vase...

 

Prism bug..... or berg ... B 940 ...
the soda helps......but I'm still guessing......

 

I don't know how you glassies deal with glass......I know what moves me and that's it.......but ...try this on for size.........

https://www.selency.fr/produit/F1TG...rg-pour-strombergshyttan-suede-annees-50.html



they use the " B 900 " marking system..

https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/1...glass-vase-by-asta-stromberg-strombergshyttan



https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/734918-vas-glas-asta-stromberg-strombergshyttan

 

good grief. This shows how lazy and incompetent auction houses can be. It's nothing like Belgian glass, not in any early 20th style either. It is indeed Stromberg. And a very lovely lump, too. I need to go check but it looks post WW2.

 

Thank you so much everyone!! I really appreciate all your help and glad to know it's a vase

I'm still thrilled with this buy as I was the only bidder at the low opening bid (worth taking a chance outside my expertise). I did notice many auction house errors / discrepancies in the automotive items and was definitely suspicious of the write up as a result. I put no value to the supposed Patton connection as I knew that would be impossible to verify, even if this piece was pre WW2

 

I'm being nosy. Would you admit what you paid?

 

$50 usd winning bid plus buyer premiums, taxes / duty etc (well under $100 total). I won several other items in the auction (automotive art and badges) so shipping on this was combined.

 

You stole that. Well done, that's an absolute bargain.

 

Tradera, Sweden featured this vase by Asta Strömberg for Strömbergshyttan (glass works):
https://www.vadärdenvärd.se/s/4640900/vas-kristall-astra-stromberg-strombergshyttan/
Nice final price there, 2016, but still, about 80 US bucks at todays rate.

Her name is ASTA, not Astra (sic) shown elsewhere. Asta is a proper Swedish first name, Astra is not.

 

Nice link! And a piece with a 2nd color like the OP's would even have more value I would think. Gorgeous glass.

 

sniped.....u snuck that in there while i was looking at all those web sites...

 

Very striking indeed. I love a stunning glass piece.

 

H

Hi!
This is definetely the work of Swedish artist ASTA STRÖMBERG, from a series called DIAMANT. Her work is sought after alit and you have not overpaid!!!

Check out the links below featuring the exact piece:

https://www.tradera.com/item/301936/440397787/ljusstake-diamant-av-asta-stromberg

https://retrolux.se/produkt/diamant-ljusstake/

At the site below, you can read abit about the artist.

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/88864-classic-strombergshyttan-model-b-852--a