(2) Signed Swedish Stromberg Glass Decanters. The taller one is signed with inventory number E211, and the smaller one with E11, indicating they were both likely made by either Eric or Edward Stromberg. 

Condition: Chips to the stopper of both pieces and scratches across both. Commensurate with age. 

Size: (largest) 4 x 4 x 10 1/4 in. 

In 1876 a glassworks called Lindfors (“Winding Falls”) opened about 30 miles west of Orrefors Glassworks in Småland, Sweden. In 1933 Edward Strömberg, the former head glassmaker at Orrefors, and his wife Gerda, who was a designer at Eda Glasbruk until it closed that same year, decided to take ownership of Lindfors, changing the name to Strömbergshyttan (“Strömberg’s Hut”). Piggybacking off Gerda’s work with carnival glass, Edward and his son Eric devised a way to produce pieces with a bluish-silver hue that became the primary look of art glass at Strömbergshyttan. Eric and his wife, Asta, bought the company in 1945 when Edward died, and invested heavily to modernize it. The Strömbergs further upgraded the mill in 1960 after Eric passed away, and Gerda and Asta became the primary designers of the family-run business right up until 1973 when a fire completely gutted the factory. Other designers included Gunnar Nylund and Rune Strand, who both went on to work for other major Scandinavian glassworks after their time there. Left in impossible financial difficulties after the fire, the facility and all remaining assets were sold to Orrefors in 1976, which used the space primarily for storage and additional decoration until finally closing it for good in 1979.

Chips to the stopper of both pieces and scratches across both. Commensurate with age.