Mid Century Modern Stromberg Glass Vases

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Mid-Century Modern Swedish blown and cut glass vases, designed by Asta Stromberg for Strombergshyttan Glass *, circa 1950s.  The vases are designed in Asta Stromberg’s signature style; tinted blue and thick walled simple forms with outward sloping beveled rims.  Both vases have etched signatures on the bottom:

Strombergshyttan 1098

11 5/8” (29.5cm) high, 5 1/4” (13.4cm) by 3 1/2” (8.9cm).

$2400 for the pair. 
* Strombergshyttan glassworks is synonymous with Scandinavian mid-century glass.  Founded in 1876 as Lindefors, becoming Strombergshyttan in 1933 under the direction of husband and wife designers and glassblowers, Edvard Stromberg (1872-1946) and Gerda (nee Svensson) Stromberg (1879-1960).  Edvard had previously worked at Kosta, Orrefors and Eda glassworks and brought a team of skilled glassblowers with him.

After Edvard’s death, the management of the glassworks was taken over by his son Erik and eventually by Erik’s wife Asta (nee Fernwall) Stromberg (1916-2011), an important glass designer in her own right.  Asta’s work covered the late 1940s through the 1970s.

The company remained in the Stromberg family until bought by Orrefors in 1976.

Strombergshyttan glass is represented in many museums world wide, including:

Nationalmuseum /  Swedish National Museum of Art & Design, Stockholm, Sweden 

The Met in New York, New York

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK