Kosta Boda Zoo

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Kosta Boda Zoo

Post by Nic on Mon May 18, 2009 12:33 pm

Small lion figure:



Does anyone know who designed the series, and when? There seems to be a lot of conflicting information online, and it seems to be skipped over in the more obvious reference books.

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Re: Kosta Boda Zoo

Post by big ed on Mon May 18, 2009 1:59 pm

Nic, In 20th century glass , Erik hoglund for boda and paul hoff for kosta sweden might be possibilities , Ed

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Post by Nic on Mon May 18, 2009 2:02 pm

Spotted a post by Bill Geary on the GMB in which he says that the 1986 Kosta Boda catalogue states Bertil Vallien as the designer - although not 100% sure if he's referring to this same series as the post has no photos.

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Post by Nic on Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:57 pm

A particularly Moomin-esque hippo...


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