Eda Glasbruk

Eda Glasbruk (Eda Glass Works) was located in the Varmlands region of western Sweden, close to the border with Norway. Carnival Glass of astonishing beauty was produced there, in fairly small quantities, during the 1920s. The colors used by Eda for their Carnival Glass were mainly marigold and blue - and less often, pink, purple (in light and dark shades) and iridised pearl milk glass. Pictured above are three 6.5" blue Tusenskona (aka Floral Sunburst) vases; they were all made from the same mould, but were hand-finished to create differently shaped tops - tricorn, cuspidor and cupped-in (left to right).

Eda catalogs are known and most patterns produced by the company are now a matter of record. A catalog of Colored Glass was produced in 1925 that covered the main designs made by Eda in Carnival Glass. It is acknowledged, however, that Eda made a number of other patterns in Carnival that were not shown in the Colored Glass catalog, but were instead part of their other lines shown in their main pattern books.

Photos above courtesy Eda Glass Collectors.

Here is a page from the 1925 "Colored Glass From Eda" catalog. Note how the illustration is colored to indicate the lustre of Carnival Glass.   The items shown are: - three different shapes in the Moller bowl (top row and middle right) - a Tokio vase - an Amerika (aka Sunk Daisy) footed bowl (middle left) and - an Ohlson (aka Four Flowers) bowl at the bottom.   You can more catalogue illustrations and the full history of Eda Glasbruk, in "A Century of Carnival Glass"

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