FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, KUNGSHOLM

The Kungsholm glassworks were founded in Stockholm in 1688, and they became the first glassworks to produce engraved glass in Sweden. Many of the engravers working at the manufactory came from Germany bringing with them a combination of Germanic techniques and forms. Kungsholm's clients included both royal and noble households; the central coronet and monogram on the present roemer is most likely for a prominent Swedish noble. For a similar roemer and cover engraved with the royal arms of Sweden and dated 1717 see Anne-Marie Ericsson, Derek E. Ostergard and Nina Stritzler-Levine (ed.), The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry, Exhibition Catalogue, The Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, 1996, p. 88, fig. 6.4. See also a similar crowned and monogrammed roemer and cover sold at Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 December 2011, lot 629.