Elme Glass

I haven't talked about things I have found for a while, no doubt because I have been too busy sketching to find any treasures.  I did go to Rozelle markets on Sunday which can sometimes be a source of  interesting items.  I saw this Peacock glass vase and the vendor was very excited about it.  He had bought it for $50 from a charity shop and he said that he couldn't not buy it even though he thought the price was excessive (for a charity shop). He knew about this particular glass and said it was an excellent example of it's type and that it was quite rare to find except in Sweden.
The glass works that made this vase is called Elme and it started in 1917.  It was owned by the Swedish Nobel Laureate, Gustuf Dahlen, who invented the gas lit lighthouse.  This company started by producing lighthouse lenses and the glass lenses used for light signals.  The company went bankrupt in the 1920's but made a restart focusing on blown and pressed household glassware.
I couldn't resist buying the vase and did take it off the vendor's hands for $60 which is probably a  pretty good price.  It was made in the 1950's or 1960's  and has a sticker on it saying it was made in Sweden.  The  Elme company went out of business in the 1970's.

Peacock Elme vase sitting in collection of other mid century glass pieces