Swedish Strömbergshyttan Signed Fish Kiss Crystal Vase. Shows a fish amongst seaweed on each side, using multiple etching and bubbling techniques, arranged so that if looked at directly the fish are kissing right in the middle. Signed "Strömberg" and numbered B999 C966 on bottom. 

Size: 9 1/2 x 4 x 9 in. 

#5 #8969 . 

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, and invested heavily to modernize it. The Strömberg’s further upgraded the mill in 1960, and Gerda and Asta were the primary designers of the family-run business right up until 1973 when a fire completely gutted the factory. Left in impossible financial difficulties, 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.