Vase
1952 (designed)
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Perhaps better known for the bright and boldly patterned tablewares he designed in the 1950s, Stig Lindberg also combined clean shapes with decorative glazes as shown by this piece that he designed in 1952. One of Sweden's most prolific and versatile designers, he was appointed Art Director at the Gustavsberg ceramics factory in 1949.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed stoneware |
| Brief description | Vase, stoneware with blue mottled glaze, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1952. |
| Physical description | Stoneware of pear-shaped with narrow cylindrical neck rising to an everted mouth rim, covered with blue mottled glaze. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden 1952
Marks: 'G' and a hand and 'Stig L V' incised
Stoneware
Circ.130-1954 Given by the maker(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Summary | Perhaps better known for the bright and boldly patterned tablewares he designed in the 1950s, Stig Lindberg also combined clean shapes with decorative glazes as shown by this piece that he designed in 1952. One of Sweden's most prolific and versatile designers, he was appointed Art Director at the Gustavsberg ceramics factory in 1949. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 114 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.130-1954 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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