Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen Vases

Black porcelain midcentury modern pitcher vase with large handle and lined relief decor manufactured by Rörstrand in the 1960s. Stamped unde...

A pink and grey-glazed ceramic vase produced by Rörstrand, c. 1920s. Dimensions: 5.875” H x 7” Diameter Diameter of opening: 3.25”

Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (1909-1957) for Rörstrand. Danish ceramicist and artist. "Fasett" ceramic vase. Cubist shape with glaze in purple tones. From the 1960s/1970s. Marked. In perf...

A very unusual pair of earthenware Rörstrand vases. Made in between 1920-1936. Most likely designed by Alf Wallander. Some minor differences in the color of the glaze. Signed with ...

A set of eight beautiful stoneware vases with amazing and rare glaze. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Excellent condition. Incised signature "GN" and maker...

The green/brown glaze is amazing and works wonderful with the shape and form of this vase that’s a not so usual one to come by. Very nice condition. Dimensions: Height 24 cm,...

Three wonderful pieces made in Sweden during the 1950s at Rörstrand factory and designed by Gunnar Nylund. The objects have a wonderful form and glaze. Good condition. Mea...

Two wonderful vases from Rörstrand and maker/Designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful glazed vases in good condition. Measures H 24 x D 8cm.

This wonderful large vase was created and designed by Gunnar Nylund at the Rörstrand Factory in the 1950s Sweden. The glaze is amazing and works wonderful with the bottleneck sha...

Set of 7 beautiful stoneware vases with amazing black-brown glaze. Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Excellent condition. Signed 'CHS' and makers mark 'R'...

Set of 2 beautiful stoneware vases with amazing glaze. Made by Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Excellent condition. Signed 'Bengtson' / 'HB' and 'R' för Rörstrand. Hertha Bengtson (1917-1993) is one of the well-known representatives of the illustrious Swedish ceramic design of the 20th century. She was one of the leading designers for the Rörstrand factory in the 1950s. Bengtson is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Hertha Bengtson was born in Ysane in Blekinge and grew up on a farm with her four brothers. Her parents were Henning and Asta Bengtson. Her father was a jack-of-all-trades and ran both a mink farm and a shop alongside his farm, which was the least of his interests. Her mother, to whom Hertha Bengtson was very close, was a skilled weaver. Hertha Bengtson's interest in textiles and handicrafts came from her mother. From her grandmother she inherited Scanian country textile knowledge and from her grandmother’s neighbour she learned to tat the Scanian way, without patterns. Upon completing her education at a girls’ school, Hertha Bengtson wanted to become a drawing teacher. However, there was no money to continue her formal education. Hertha Bengtson achieved top marks in drawing and handicrafts and therefore gained a place as a handicrafts teacher at one of the region’s elementary schools. During her time at the girls’ school, she had also taken evening classes in porcelain painting. In 1937 she applied to Hackefors’ porcelain factory in Linköping where she became employed as a pattern designer. Hertha Bengtson was interested in all aspects of the factory and when the men were called up for military service at the outbreak of the Second World War, she became head of her department at age 22. Hertha Bengtson wanted to create her own porcelain. She applied to and became employed at Rörstrand’s porcelain factory in 1941, where she started as a pattern designer but quickly became a master designer. Hertha Bengtson’s ability to combine beauty with function was fundamental to her success as a designer. Her breakthrough came with the innovative blue-and-white tableware...

A green and yellow-glazed stoneware vase, designed and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.