Gertrud Lönegren, Bowl, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s

A red-glazed stoneware bowl designed by Agnete Jørgensen and produced by Bing & Grøndahl, 1960s.

An organic brown-glazed stoneware bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. “RÖRSTRAND SWEDEN” sticker. 

Beautiful stoneware platter in a leaf shape by Gunnar Nylund. Purplish brown glaze with contrasting bright blue areas. Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influential ceramicists and designers of the Swedish mid-century period. He was Rörstrand’s creative leader from 1931 until 1949 and as such propelled the artistic work at the factory and served as mentor to younger artists, among them Carl-Harry Stålhane and Hertha Bengtsson. Nylund was a dedicated functionalist, who brought ideas of democratizing stoneware and creating beautiful, qualitative and affordable everyday items for the people to Rörstand in the mid-1920s. The factory had at the time lost its former leading market position, but Nylund’s efforts gave it a great reboot. He designed ceramic kitchenware...

Gertrud Lonegren was a designer at Rorstrand from 1936 to 1941. Together with GUNNAR NYLUND, who became Rorstrand's artistic director in 1931, he laid the foundations for Rorstrand'...