By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson
From Tribune News Service
Dear Helaine and Joe:
Enclosed is a picture of a 17-inch-tall glass vase with metal frame. I want to insure and/or sell it. I believe it is Bohemian glass by Palma Koenig. What would be the estimated value of this blue/green vase, which is in excellent condition? Also, I have included photographs of two 10-inch-tall vases, blue on outside and white on the inside. I cannot read the manufacturer’s mark.
Thank you,
D. W., Austin, Texas
Dear D. W.:
The dates surrounding the Pallme-Konig glassworks are a little loose. But around 1888 Josef and Theodor Pallme-Konig named a new glass house after their mother, Elizabeth, creating “Elizabethhutte” or “Glassworks Elizabeth.” Research seems to indicate within the next few years they merged with the glassworks owned by William Habel, which was located at Teplitz (aka Teplice), Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) and became Pallme-Konig and Habel….