Country of manufacture: Sweden
\nEra: 1930s
\nManufacturer: Kosta
\nDesigner: Elis Bergh
\nSize: Approximately 14-14.5 cm (height) x 7.5 cm (diameter)
\nCondition: Very good<\/p>\n
Each piece in this series is individually made.
\nDifferent creatures are carved into them.<\/p>\n
lion.
\nAries.
\nA bull.
\nAnd then there's the sea god with the trident.
\nThis is a lion.<\/p>\n
The engraving was done by etching with acid.
\nIt was cloudy and white like frosted glass.
\nIt floats above the transparent ground.<\/p>\n
At the feet of the sea god,
\nThe wave is represented by only three lines.
\nIt's simple, but it definitely looks like waves.<\/p>\n
Because it's being blown with the mouth,
\nThe four cups differ slightly in both height and diameter.<\/p>\n
Signed on the bottom.
\nThis is a Kosta piece from the 1930s.<\/p>\n
Elis Bergh (1881-1954)
\nHe was someone who started out in architecture.<\/p>\n
I studied at the Higher School of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm.
\nInitially, I worked in architecture and interior design.<\/p>\n
My involvement with Kosta began when I took on the interior design work.
\nIn 1928, he became the artistic director of this workshop.<\/p>\n
For the next 20 years or so.
\nThe era in which he lived was
\nThis period is known as Kosta's golden age.<\/p>\n
With a refined, streamlined form,
\nMatching the intricate etching\u2014
\nHe was a quiet and refined worker.<\/p>\n
Kosta was founded in 1742.
\nThis is the oldest glass workshop in Sweden.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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