Dish Designed by Pia Törnell “Pro Arte” for Rörstrand, Signed, Sweden, 1996

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".

Bowl designed by Inger Persson for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s. Stoneware. H: 25 cm/ 9 7/8"" D: 33 cm/ 13"

Vase designed by Gertrude Lönnegren for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s. Stoneware. Stamped. H: 14 cm / 5 1/2'' Diameter: 14 cm / 5 1/2''

Sculpture designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Stoneware. Stamped. H: 15.5 cm W: 18.5 cm D: 10 cm.

Sculpture designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950’s. Stoneware and wood. Signed. Dimensions: H: 17.5 cm / 6 3/4" W: 20 cm / 8” D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/3” Gunnar Nylund was...

Rörstrand coffee service for six people. Swedish design, 1960s. Consisting of six coffee cups with saucers and six plates in glazed porcelain. The...

Rörstrand coffee service for twelve people. Swedish design, 1960s. Consisting of twelve coffee cups with saucers and twelve plates in glazed porcelai...

Rörstrand coffee service for four people. Swedish design, 1960s. Consisting of four coffee cups with saucers and four plates in glazed porcelain. The c...

Rörstrand coffee service for four people. Swedish design, 1960s. Consisting of four coffee cups with saucers and four plates in glazed porcelain. The cup...

Edit Bjurström (1912-1998) for Rörstrand, Sweden. Four boy figures in blanc de chine or white porcelain, Sweden, mid-20 century. Marked. In perfec...

Small vanilla colored Swedish Grace ceramic bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1930s.