Karl Palda started working in 1887 and founded the Karl Palda firm in 1888 in Haida, Bohemia. Haida, Novy Bor is famous for its glass production with 68 companies by 1930 with a population of only 10,000. Karl Palda was considered “ahead of his time” with his inventive and instantly recognisable pieces. He worked until 1945.