Swedish Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp from Tilgmans, 1960s

A rare mid-century "Oline" oil light designed and produced by Fog & Morup in Denmark during the 1960s. The red base and white shade are made from handblown and cased glass. Please no...

A large stylish Swedish table light composed of af white fluted shade, a architecturally stained brass base and a stem set with 'rings' in mahogany with b...

Rectangular ceramic table lamp with blue craquele/crackle glaze. Made in Italy, possibly by Bistossi, during the 1960s on commission from Elektrik in Norway. Please notice that is is...

Danish ceramic table lamp with a dense grey hares fur type glaze. Similar to the techniques popularized by Bernt Friberg and Palshus. It was manufactured by Søholm in Denmark during ...

A wellmade Table lamp in solid teak and walnut. Engine turned and stacked making a subtle stylish pattern at the base. Anonymous Swedish cabinetmaker circa 1960 in a style reminiscen...

'Graphic' table light with distinct modern lines. It features a stylish base in bend steel and an adjustable shade in aluminium. It was made anonymously in Italy circa 1960-70. It us...

Unique hand decorated Swedish mid-century modern ceramic lamp attributed to Tilgmans Keramik. One yellow, one rose colored bird sitting on a branch with light green leaves on blue/black sgraffito striped background. Black and white top and bottom part. Signature on a leaf. Beautiful vintage condition. Sweden, 1960s. Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light colored glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...

A brown, red and orange-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 9.25” H x 4” Diameter Dimensions of Sha...

A green and red-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 9.65” H x 4.80” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inch...

A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 16.5” H x 5.25” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 4.5...

A red and brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 16.5” H x 5.2” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inche...

A pair of yellow and brown-glazed stoneware table lamps designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14.5” H x 5.6” Diameter Dimensions ...