Vase “Autumn” Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1944

Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Stoneware. Signed.

Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1957. Stoneware. Signed. H: 52.5 cm D: 9 cm.

Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. 1960s. Stoneware. Signed. Measurements: H: 6 cm / 2 1/4" Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a child, he dreamed of being a successful painter. He started working for Rorstrand in neighboring Lidkoping at the age of 18. Initially, he decorated ceramic wares as assistant for the leading artist Gunnar Nylund. Carl-Harry decorated Rorstrand’s exclusive Flambé range as well as producing idyllic floral designs. In the mid 1940s, Carl-Harry Stålhane began to develop his own stoneware. He had his first solo exhibition in 1948, impressing the public with an ability to work in most contemporary styles of stoneware. But after studying in Paris in the late 1940s, Carl-Harry found a style that was truly his own. Inspired by the hunger for new products to meet the post-war economic boom, he developed from being a gifted decorator to a first-rate ceramic artist. He was praised for his "column-like, slender-necked stoneware vases with their peach surfaces", as one magazine put it. Spurred on by a deep love of the ceramic wares of the Far East, Carl-Harry liberated himself from the European tradition of ceramics, finding inspiration in foreign cultures, in Picasso and in constructivist art. The 1950s brought major successes: a diploma and a gold medal at Milan Triennials as well as solo exhibitions in Sweden, the UK and the USA. Carl-Harry commenced his career as an industrial designer in 1954. His Blanca tableware — in elegant white porcelain — was much in demand and gained him international prizes. He designed almost everything from numerous table sets decorations to rustic ashtrays. Carl-Harry Stålhane’s production of unique ceramic works of art increased notably in the late 1950s. In 1960 he reached something of a peak with an exhibition at Galerie Blanche in Stockholm. The exhibition showed robustly dark wares that were hailed as the new ceramics...

Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. 1950s. Stoneware. Measures: Height: 3.2 cm / 1 1/4" Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4".

Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Designhuset, Sweden, 1980s Stoneware. Signed. Dimensions: H: 37 cm/ 14 1/2'' Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mar...

Carl-Harry Stålhane Ceiling light designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Porcelain.

Carl-Harry Stålhane is one of Scandinavia’s most characteristic ceramic designers of all time. Stålhane was the Artistic Leader of Rörstrand (Lidköping) starting in the mid 50s. At ...

This large early vase from Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful glazed vases in good condition. Measures: H 34, D 12 cm.

Large vase manufactured at Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the 1950s. Beautiful glazed vases with nice lines. Good vintage condition. Measu...

Wonderful vase made in Sweden 1950s at Rörstrand and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. The vase has beautiful lines and a nice glaze. Very good condition. Measures: H 1 cm, W ...

Wonderful vase made in Sweden 1950s at Rörstrand and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. The vase has beautiful Rounded bottom with a small top, the lines and a glaze are something spe...

This wonderful sculptured vase with its intense harfur glaze, which shifts in different colors was made by Rörstrand Sweden and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. Very good conditi...