Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls

Kaj Franck, A blue and clear artglass object "Lancet", Model KF219, Nuutajärvi-Notsjö, Finland 1957 A free blown and cut and polished blue and clear cased artglass object “Lansetti”...

A black bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, the bowl is 9 cm (3.6") high and 12,5 cm (5") in diameter. It has a lovely glaze, it´s in excellent condition and marked as 1st ...

A rare salad- or decorative bowl in cobalt/saphire blue hand-blown glass. It was designed by Michael Bang and made at Holmegaard in Denmark during the 1970. Measurements: D: 17.5 cm,...

A large unique bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it is 40 x0 40 cm (16" x 16") in diameter and 26 cm (10.4") high. It is in excellent condition. This bowl was produc...

A lidded bowl designed by Hertha Bengtson at Rörstrand. It is 6 cm (2.4") high and 10 cm (4") in diameter. It is marked as 2nd quality but I cannot see why because it is in excellent...

Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. Large "California" bowl in ceramic with violet and gray glaze. Stylish design. Mid-20th century. In excellent condition. Marked. First fact...

Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, small ceramic bowl with glaze in shades of brown. Mid-20th century. In excellent condition. Second factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: Diameter 8....

A squared bowl designed by Hertha Bengtson at Rörstrand, the bowl is 29,5 x 29,5 cm (11.8" x 11,8") in diameter. It is in excellent condition except from some minor marks and scratch...

A large brown ceramic bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 18.5 cm (7.4") in diameter. It is in excellent condition except from some minor scratches and mar...

Really big primitive wooden bowl from Sweden, made in 1832 . It’s heavy patinated over the years and it has a lovely patina, maker marks on the ...

A lovely blue bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 14 x 11 cm in diameter. It is in excellent condition and marked as 1st quality. Carl-Harry Stålhane is ...

A round, gray ceramic bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 12 cm (4.8") in diameter and 4 cm (1.6") high. It is in excellent condition and marked as 2nd qua...

Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen for Rörstrand. Ceramic bowl with abstract design. 1960s. Marked. In perfect condition with natural cracks in the glaze. First factory quality. Dimensions: H 6...

Very nice set of four enamel on metal bowls designed by Grete Prytz Kittelsen and Arne Clausen for Cathrineholm of Norway. These 5.5 inch diameter bowls have the white lotus design o...

Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Ceramic bowl in hare fur glaze. Mid-20th century. Signed. Perfect condition. Dimensions: D 10.8 cm x H 4.8 cm.

Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. Small ceramic bowl with a beautiful glaze in green-brown tones. Mid-20th century. Marked. First factory quality In excellent condition. Dimensions: L 8....

A large brown ceramic bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 31 cm (12.4") in diameter. It is in excellent condition except ...

Curt Addin, large bowl in chamotte clay. Interior with turquoise glaze. 1970s. Artist signature. In excellent condition. Dimensions: L 31.0 cm x W 12.5 cm x H 15.0 cm.

A round, black ceramic bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 15,5 cm (6,2") in diameter. It is in excellent condition except from some minor scratches and ma...

A round, green ceramic bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 13,5 cm (5.4") in diameter and 6 cm (2.4") high. It is in excellent condition and 2nd quality. ...

A round unique brown bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 19 cm (7.8") in diameter. It is in excellent condition. This bowl was produced by Carl-Harry Stålh...

A round, brown / gray stoneware bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 13 cm (5.2") in diameter and 6 cm (2.4") high. It is in excellent condition and 2nd qua...

A beautiful and unique hand thrown stoneware bowl, with rare and amazing white glaze. Made by Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg at Arabia, Finland. Excellent condition. Incised signature "F....

A large unique brown flower pot or bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it is 27,5 cm (11") in diameter and 19 cm (7.6") high. It is in excellent condition. This bowl w...

tray in art glass. Made by Kosta Boda. Signed.

A Classic elegant "Aro" ceramic bowl by Gunnar Nylund. Shades in blue and brown glaze. Made for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s. Inscribed with artist signature and Rorstand studio mark. E...

Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Large ceramic bowl with glaze in blue-green tones. Dated 1964. Perfect condition. Signed. Dimensions: D 32.0 cm x H 9.5 cm.

Solid teak bowl  

Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) Unique Hand Signed Bowl for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1967. This is a unique and hand signed sizable studio pottery bowl by Carl-Harry Stålhane for the high...

Set of 2 beautiful 'Våga' bowls. Stoneware with 'Carrara' glaze. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden, 1940s. 'Swedish Modern'. Excellent condition. Stamped 'Gusta...

Very long geometric diamond tray. Made in Denmark. There is a swallow chip with some roughness to one corner, and scratches to center. W 26 1/2 x D 6 3/4 x H 1 1/8 in.

A beautiful stoneware bowl with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed during the artist's time spent at Sèvres, between 1934-1939. Excellent condition. Impressed with artist's name and maker's marks. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Simple, yet sophisticated, Swedish Grace pewter box by Ingvar Bossler for Gamleby Tenn, Västervik, Sweden. The company Gamleby Tenn started in the...

A beautiful and unique stoneware bowl. Made by Signe Persson-Melin in her studio in Malmoe, Sweden, 2000s. Excellent condition. Marked with signature 'SPM'. The designer Signe Pers...

Original brass bowl by master Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. Model designed for Stelton a danish manufacturer . Lots of patina and traces of use that gives a warm feeling. Properly ...

Royal Copenhagen, Baca faience bowl with floral motif in modernist style. 1970s. Stamped. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Dimensions: D 22.5 cm x H 4.0 cm.

Handmade Swedish midcentury modern decorative bowl manufactured by Upsala Ekeby in the 1960s, model 4360. Soft slight asymmetrical bowl on round foot. Hand-carved relief lined graphi...

Wilhelm Kåge Stoneware Bowl "Wave" by Gustavsberg. White stoneware with Carrara Glaze. 1940s. Fantastic condition. An eye-catcher object, for every design hunter.

Decorative handmade ceramic bowl by Søholm which was a Danish company that manufactured ceramics from 1835 until the workshop was closed in 1996. Søholm was located in the little Danish island called Bornholm which has a very long tradition for ceramic workshops and is highly recognized for there high quality ceramics. Søholm Keramik was a ceramics factory that was founded in Rønne on the small island of Bornholm in 1835 by Edvard Christian Sonne and Herman Sonne Wolffsen. Keramisk Forbund became the sole owner of Søholm in 1939. On 30 April 1987, the association was merged with SiD, and the trade union...

Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby. Large ceramic bowl in a modernist design with a grey-toned glaze. Approximately from the 1960s. Model 4328. Marked. Perfect condition. Label. Dimensi...

Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, ceramic bowl with glaze in brown tones. From the 1960s. Marked. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensions: D 12.0 cm. x H 4.0 cm.

Royal Copenhagen, faience bowl with a motif of a peacock in modernist style. 1970s. Model number: 168/2884. Marked. Perfect condition. Dimensions: D 22.5 cm x H 4.0 cm.

Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) for Rörstrand, ceramic bowl in shades of brown. Mid-20th century. Perfect condition. Marked. First factory quality. Dimensions: D 14.4 cm x H 7.5 cm.

Rare Ceramic Bowl / Tray by Carl-Harry Stålhane, 1950’s Additional Information: Material: Ceramic Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden Dimensions (W x D ...

Charlotte Hamilton for Rörstrand. Ceramic bowl in turquoise glaze decorated with birds. 1960s. In excellent condition. First factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: D 13.2 cm. x H 3.7 cm.

Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg. Ceramic bowl in blue tones. Produced in the 1960s. Marked with the manufacturer's mark. In perfect condition. Dimensions: Diameter 16.8 cm x Height 3....

Royal Copenhagen, faience bowl with a motif of a bird in modernist style. 1970s. Model: 143/2884 Marked. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensions: D 22.5 cm x H 4.0 cm.

Conny Walther and an unknown Danish ceramicist. Two unique ceramic bowls. Conny Walther bowl with glass inlay. Abstract motifs. 1960s. Signed. In perfect condition. Dimensions of Co...

Kaj Franck, A blue and clear artglass object "Lancet", Model KF218, Nuutajärvi-Notsjö, Finland 1963 A free blown and cut and polished blue and clear cased artglass object “Lansetti”...

Lovely “Farsta” vase by Wilhelm Kåge in a small design with thick sides. Beautiful scalloped pattern and rich green glaze running over the body, gathering ...

Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, ceramic bowl in shades of brown. Mid-20th century. Perfect condition. Marked. Second factory quality. Dimensions: L 12.0 cm. x D 8.7 cm. x H 4.8 cm.

Marianne Westman for Rörstrand. Piggelin ceramic bowl in retro design. 1970s. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: D 14.8 cm x H 6.0 cm.

Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand "Andalusia", a ceramic low bowl in deep blue glaze. 1960's. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: D 21.5 x H 4.0 cm.

Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. Ceramic bowl with abstract motif and glaze in green-blue shades. Mid-20th century. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Marked. Measurements: D 13.7...

Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. Ceramic bowl with glaze in brown tones. Mid-20th century. Marked with the manufacturer's mark. First factory quality. In perfect condition. Dimensions: L...

Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Large ceramic bowl designed with leaf patterns in relief. Sung glaze. Model number: 20729. In perfect condition. Marked. First factory quality. Dimen...

A beautiful triangular stoneware bowl with amazing hare’s fur glaze. Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden. Excellent condition. Incis...

Mid Century Kaj Franck Glass Art Dish Willowleaf Brown Clear Handblown Finland A free blown, flared, cut and polished light brown and clear cased glass art-object “Pajunlehti” or “W...