Pear Paperweight Signed By Fm Konstglas, Ronneby Sweden, Style B-633 Gold Vintg

Pear Paperweight Signed By Fm Konstglas, Ronneby Sweden, Style B-633 This beautiful Vintage pear paperweight sculpture with its gold leaf inclusions weighs 2lbs 2oz- is 6.5” tall and 4” at its widest part. Made in 1960’s I’ve included a bit of history of the makers below. Josef Marcolin (b 1933) and Benito Marcolin (b 1936), learned their glass making skills on the island of Murano, Venice, and later moved to Sweden to work at the Glimma glassworks in 1954, then Reijmyre 1956-61, before starting their own company, FM Konstglas. Several of the same designs can be found from both Reijmyre and FM Konstglas. FM stands for Färe-Marcolin, a combination of the brothers' surname and the maiden name of Josef's wife, Inga-Lill Färe (married in late 1950's). Inga-Lill's father Bror Färe was a businessman, and it is thought that he helped to fund the company, which would explain the inclusion of his surname in the company name. "Konstglas" is Swedish for "Art Glass". At first, they rented space at Eneryda glassworks. Glass produced while at Eneryda can be found with labels which read "FM Konstglas, Eneryda". They set up their own glassworks in 1961, in the Swedish town of Ronneby. Labels then read either "FM Konstglas, Ronneby" or "FM Konstglas, Ronneby, Sweden". Thanks for stopping by!