Gustavsberg Furniture
The Gustavsberg porcelain factory was, for many decades, the largest ceramics maker in Sweden and home to some of the most innovative and ingenious makers of the past century. The company, founded in 1825, mass-produced a wide range of products: first decorative household items and tableware in the English style and later bathroom fixtures, including the first pressed-steel bathtubs that would oust heavy cast iron. But of first interest to collectors are the remarkable decorative works created in the Gustavsberg art pottery studio, in particular those by master ceramists Wilhelm Kåge, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg.
Gustavsberg began producing some individually crafted, highly decorated and richly glazed pieces in the 1860s. While the forms of their mass-produced vessels and plates derived from English, Continental and Asian styles, a select few painters won acclaim for their personal artistry. Gunnar Wennerberg became known for his work in the organic Art Nouveau style, and Josef Ekberg, the company’s design chief from 1908 to 1917, was revered for his expert use of iridescent lusterware glazes and the sgraffito technique, in which a decorative pattern is incised in the surface of a clay pot before it is glazed and fired.
It was not until Ekberg’s successor, Wilhelm Kåge, opened Gustavsberg’s first dedicated art pottery studio that the work became widely recognized. Kåge’s “Argenta” series, which encompasses a variety of vessels coated with an oxidized green glaze and decorated in silver motifs, remains popular. Though perhaps his most striking works are his “Surrea” vases — white bisque porcelain in off-kilter forms inspired by Cubist paintings — and his “Farsta” wares, which include totemic, spindly footed stoneware vases and bowls with textured surfaces, glazed in brown, green and blue.
Kåge’s finest protégés, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg, took over from Kåge as Gustavsberg’s design directors in 1945. Friberg was a master potter. He threw elegant, simple, symmetrical vases and bowls painstakingly coated in layer after layer of matte glazing to achieve a classic striated effect known as “rabbit’s fur.” Lindberg’s highly collectible studio ceramics fall into two principal categories: The first is made of white porcelain pieces in round, biomorphic or stylized natural forms. The second includes weightier vases — many with textured bodies and applied decorations — glazed in deep, earthy colors. As you will see from the works on these pages, Gustavsberg was a bastion of creativity and precise artistry that turned out a remarkable range of works whose style still resonates with lovers of Scandinavian design.
Color: Brown
Creator: Gustavsberg
Lisa Larson - Unique Piece - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This is a unique piece designed by arguably Sweden's most famous artist Lisa Larson. The signature of Lisa Larson and the hand of the studio Gustavsberg are clea...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Berndt Friberg - Browl Bowl
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Berndt Friberg was one of the most influential ceramists in midcentury Sweden, his works are still popular world-wide and are known for their elegance and beati...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
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Earthenware
Mid-Century Modern Stig Lindberg Planters for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mid-Century Modern Stig Lindberg handmade planters for Gustavsberg. Lindberg designed "Silur" series in 1962 for Gustavsberg. Typical for Swedish design at this time is the geometric...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Vintage Swedish Stoneware Horse by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, 1950s
By Gustavsberg
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Swedish stoneware horse by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, 1950s.
This small Scandinavian modern ceramic horse figurine is part of the Small Zo...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Vase by Berndt Friberg fro Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1965
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1965
Signed.
H: 25 cm
Diameter: 7.5 cm
Berndt Friberg was born in the southern Sweden town of Hoganas. He came from a long line of ...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
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Stoneware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in an elegant, statuesque form. Intense yellow hare’s fur glaze.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for his stoneware vases and vesse...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Wilhelm Kage Teapot KAPA Gustavsberg Bamboo Handle 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Basel, BS
Rare Wilhelm Kåge teapot from the KAPA series, which was designed in 1958 for Gustavsbergs in Sweden. The series was in production until 1962.
The design was a collaboration with hi...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware, Bamboo
Stig Lindberg - Vitrin - 2 vases
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
These two smaller vases are part of Stig Lindberg's series called Vitrin. The Virtin series consists of 14 different items, 3 bowls and 11 vases. The Vitrin seri...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in an elegant form with pale celadon colored hare’s fur glaze and contrasting rusty nuances.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for h...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Stig Lindberg Unique bowl/ vide poche in Brown Glazed Made by Hand Sweden 60s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Forest, BE
Brown glazed bowl / vide poche by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown to dark brown. Elegant details and nice pattern. Unique p...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Wilhelm Kage Planters Terracotta Gustavsberg Sweden 1940s
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in Basel, BS
Set of three Wilhelm Kåge terracotta planters for Gustavsberg in Sweden, circa 1940s.
Very good condition, they have been cleaned, no cracks or damages.
Width: 10 cm x 10 cm
Heig...
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Group of 6 Stig Lindberg Studio Ceramic Cabinet Bowls and Vases
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful group of unique, one-of-a-kind handmade pottery objects by master ceramists Stig Lindberg, for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
The group includes two delicate bowls with haresfur glaze, one yellow and one brown, the yellow bowl with an interesting insert wood handle; two vases with textured surface, one cylindrical with blue glaze, the other footed, with a mottled brown glaze; together with a small pair of brown long-necked vases.
Each example signed 'Stig L', most with the Gustavsberg Studio hand cipher, one with paper label.
Yellow bowl is 1 7/8" high, 3 3/4" diameter.
Brown bowl is 2 1/8" high, 4 1/4" diameter
Tall blue vase is 4 7/8" high, 1 1/4" diameter.
Large brown vase...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Five Mid-Century Terracotta Planters by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
The finest planter by Wilhelm Kåge, designed for Gustavsberg in the 1940s. The Swedish love for potted plants is confirmed in Gustavsbergs advertising brochure on "Planta" from 1940s...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Porcelain
Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This ceramic plate shines with Lindberg's imagination representative of the fantastic style used in all his tiles. On this tile the bust of a person can be seen...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Stig Lindberg is, along with Lisa Larson, the most famous ceramist from Sweden. His works always excel in the use of colors and form. Never absent in his work i...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stig Lindberg, Coq, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The coq-series by Stig Lindberg is very appealing to the eye. The light-brown color will make it look good on almost any table. Interesting is that the black de...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg Set of 10 Unique Ceramics in Brown Glazed Made by Hand Sweden 60s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Forest, BE
Set of 10 brown glazed by Swedish master Stig Lindberg in various size and shapes. From light brown to dark brown. It took a few years to complete this series.
Stig Lindberg (17 ...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Lisa Larson - Appeletrad 'Tile', Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This tile of an apple tree by Lisa Larson is very rare. There exists a more common version of this tile which has a man and woman sitting in front of the tree, ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1974
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely, small stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in the form of a slim egg. Delicately made, with yellow hare’s fur glaze.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for his...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Lisa Larson - Trapp 'from Tripp Trapp Trull' - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Another cat animal from Lisa Larson is on offer here. This time we offer and item from the The Tripp Trapp Trull - series, consisting...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1970s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely miniature stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a plump form with a tiny neck. Cream and ochre hare’s fur glaze in a varying pattern over the body.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedis...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Stig Lindberg, Coq, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The coq-series by Stig Lindberg is very appealing to the eye. The light-brown color will make it look good on almost any table. Interesting is that the black de...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lisa Larson - Stora Zoo - Hippotamus and Little Bird
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Lisa Larson is arguably the most famous ceramist from Scandinavia. She is known for her cute looking animal figures as well as for unique design pieces. On off...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in plump form with deep and lustrous oxblood glaze, contrasted with blueish-green speckles.
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
8 Plates, Colorado Leafs, Rörstrand, Sweden, Carl-Harry Stålhane
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
8 plates in porcelain iof model Colorado designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand. They are 21,5 cm in diameter. They are in very good condition except from some minor scratches....
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Tray or Wall Plaque by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool rectangular ceramic tray or wall plaque by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg of Sweden, circa 1960s. The piece has a wonderful hand painted cityscape design in yellow and gre...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Coffee Table by Stig Lindberg & David Rosén for Nordiska Kompaniet
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), David Rosén, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Karlstad, SE
Coffee table in oak and enamel by Stig Lindberg and David Rosén for Nordiska Kompaniet, 1960s.
Beautiful coffee table with an enam...
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Scandinavian Modern Textured Vase with Tampered Neck Britt-Louise Sundell
By Britt-Louise Sundell, Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
A Britt-Louise Sundell, stoneware vase from Gustavsberg studio with a highly textured surface, tampered neck and earthy neutral glazes.
Height 9.75”.
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Vase by Anders B. Liljefors, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Anders Bruno Liljefors
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful stoneware vase by Anders B. Liljefors, in a sleek form with a structured surface. Decor of etched stars and symbols that give the vase a mystical expression.
Anders B. L...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Lisa Larson Phoenix 'Fenix' Series, Trio of Fingal, Gottfrid and Tekla
By Gustavsberg
Located in Frome, GB
This trio of sweetly adorable and hand-decorated bird sculptures is by leading Swedish ceramicist and designer Lisa Larson (b. 1931 - ) designed in the early 1990s. Originally designed for Larson's exhibition, the production of the figures were by Larsons pottery...
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1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Vase "Surrea" Gustavsberg Studio by Wilhelm Kage
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful “Surrea” vase by Wilhelm Kåge, made in Carrara stoneware. The design are Kåge’s best from the 1930s Produced in Sweden by Gustavsberg during the ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Miniature Stoneware Vase by Anders B. Liljefors, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Anders Bruno Liljefors
Located in Stockholm, SE
Miniature stoneware vase by Anders B. Liljefors, in a plump form with a structured surface. Partially glazed in rust and brown nuances.
Anders B. Liljefors was a Swedish ceramicis...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in a tall design, with a deep and lustrous oxblood glaze, contrasted with jade colored streaks and unglazed speckles.
Berndt Friberg was a S...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Unique hand decorated Swedish Art Deco vase by Josef Ekberg
By Gustavsberg, Josef Ekberg
Located in New York, NY
Unique Scandinavian Modern hand thrown and decorated Swedish Art Deco vase by Josef Ekberg depicting a fish underwater. Made at Gustavsberg, circa 1930.
Measures: Height: 7.75", D...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Hare's Fur Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1956
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tall stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in an elegant, drawn out bulbous shape. Warm brown hare’s fur glaze blends into beige tones. Signed "Friberg,...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Unique Stig Lindberg Ceramic Vase and Bowl Gustavsberg Sweden, 1960s
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These two unique and wonderful sculptured ceramic pieces was made at Gustavberg Sweden during the 1960s and designed by famous Stig Lindberg. They both have Lindbergs signature engra...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Sweden Zoo Figure Camel Scandinavian Pottery
By Gustavsberg
Located in Brescia, IT
Stoneware animals
Perfect condition.
Camel: H 18 x 19 cm.
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Large Wilhelm Kage Farsta Vase
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic one-of-a-kind, hand thrown stoneware pottery centerpiece bowl vase with lovely etched design. For Gustavsberg. Signed, with studio...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Exceptional Ceramic Lamp by Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Bengt Berglund
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual and large ceramic lamp by Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg. Large ceramic base sits on a wood stand, with a long neck and double pull chain socket. Completely unique to the ...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a stately shape with a sharp finish to the body where it transitions to the nozzle. Pale yellow hare’s fur glaze.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Stoneware Sculpture by Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Bengt Berglund
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand built sculpture made of stamped, stained and glazed stoneware slabs. Signed 'B. Berglund' with Gustavsberg Sweden sticker numbered '47'.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Art Deco Tray or Bowl by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg
By Josef Ekberg, Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
Large Swedish Art Deco tray or bowl with notched corners and handles. Hand decorated with gold glaze over a brown and green luster glaze. Designed by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, si...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Josef Ekberg Unique Fish Vase, Gustavsberg, Sweden
By Josef Ekberg, Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
Unique hand decorated Swedish Art Deco vase by Josef Ekberg depicting a fish underwater. Made at Gustavsberg, circa 1930.
Measure: Height 7.75"
Diameter 5".
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Vase in Yellow, Green, Gold by Josef Ekberg
By Josef Ekberg, Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
Scandinavian Modern, Swedish Art Deco, hand decorated ceramic vase from Gustavsberg. Designed and signed by Josef Ekberg, 1930s, in pale green luster glaze with details in gold.
...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Farsta Vase by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Studio
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tall ‘Farsta’ high fired stoneware vase hand crafted by Wilhelm Kage from the limited production G Studio unit of Gustavsberg Pottery of which Kage was its art director. Kage produ...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
1950s Swedish Farsta Bowl by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large, glazed stoneware Farsta bowl with hand inscribed Asian calligraphic inspired decoration. Signed 'Kage,' Studio Gustavsberg,' on underside, a...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Studio Vases by Master Ceramicist Wilhelm Kåge
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
Scandinavian modern studio vases by master ceramicist Wilhelm Kåge made at the Kåge Work Studio.
Measures: Height 8.25", diameter: 5.75".
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gustavsberg furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gustavsberg furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gustavsberg furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Gustavsberg were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Upsala Ekeby, Carl-Harry Stålhane, and Stig Lindberg. Prices for Gustavsberg furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $95 and can go as high as $20,792, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,502.