Posted 11 years ago
rebessin
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A drawing of a larger jug by my grandfather Knut Bergqvist is preserved, showing the same form of the handle as this jug. It's signed "KB 1931". Therefore I attribute the jug to him. The bowl with spout I think also is a Knut Bergqvist design from Lindefors about 1931. Both are from my parents home, and in the same yellow-brown crystal color as the glasses in this post:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/81498-knut-bergqvist-lindefors-1928-31?in=collection-1803
for sure a Knut Bergqvist design and work. I have not find any of them in the Stromberg catalogs from 1930s or 1942 that I have, so they are most likely by him and not a design by Gerda Stromberg.
The bowl with spout has folded edge ( a quite difficult work to do) and the size is about 70 x 160 mm. The jug is optic blown and the size 85 x 170 mm (including handle). The pontil marks are not grinded, so these are fully completed by the masterblower. I think the bowl and jug were intended for milk and sour milk.
Lindefors was started up 1928 by Axel Träff, in collabortion with Knut and Eugen Bergqvist. Träff was the owner of Mjölby Kristallsliperi and had bought Lindefors 5 years erlier. Lindefors was built in 1876 and had lain fallow for several years when the three armed up and started the production again. They ran the mill until 1931 when the general economic crisis forced them to shut down production. From also closed Eda Glassworks came Edward and Gerda Strömberg and leased Lindefors from 1933. They renamed the factory to Strömbergshyttan and also bought the same a few years later.
This is really original - and nice!