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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 75035, member: 136"]Yes, it is Scandinavian, and, I believe, it appears to be <b>Kjellander</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The info below is from</p><p><a href="http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=54160.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=54160.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=54160.0</a> :</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Lars Kjellander, born 1799, was the first Swedish born glass engraver and came to Kosta Glasbruk from Cedersbergs Glasswork in 1825. Previously all engravers came from Germany.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>His son Erik 1830-1916 was a man with many qualifications and ideas. He became master-engraver and foreman in Kosta Glassworks. His four sons were also engaged there and they became skilled engravers, but unfortunately, three passed away at young age.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>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 (= Workshop.) 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.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In spite 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 while working at Kosta.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Lars seldom signed his work, and if he did, it was simply marked LK.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>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.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Åke and Nils ,the fourth generation of the family of glass-engravers, continued their work until 1983.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>(I believe that your vase is most likely the work of the 4th generation.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 75035, member: 136"]Yes, it is Scandinavian, and, I believe, it appears to be [B]Kjellander[/B]. The info below is from [URL]http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=54160.0[/URL] : [I]Lars Kjellander, born 1799, 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 qualifications and ideas. He became master-engraver and foreman in Kosta Glassworks. His four sons were also engaged there and they became skilled engravers, but unfortunately, 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 (= Workshop.) 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. In spite 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 while 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. [/I] (I believe that your vase is most likely the work of the 4th generation.)[/QUOTE]
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