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Wiwen Nilsson

(Sweden, 1897-1974)
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 530 - 5 300 EUR
3 750 - 5 620 USD
Hammer price
65 000 SEK
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Wiwen Nilsson
(Sweden, 1897-1974)

A set of 118 pieces Wiwen Nilsson sterling and stainless steel flatware, Lund, Sweden 1936.

Comprising:
8 dinner forks
3 dinner knives
10 dinner spoons
17 fish forks
9 fish knives
11 salad forks
7 salad knives
9 desert spoons
12 cake forks
13 teaspoons
11 coffee spoons
6 mocca spoons
1 sauce spoon
1 smaller luncheon knife (118)

Designer

Wiwen Nilsson was a Swedish designer born in Copenhagen. He studied at his father's workshop, as well as in Germany, Denmark, and France. Nilsson is primarily known for his objects created in silver with geometric, clean, and austere forms. Nilsson debuted at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923. At the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, he had his major breakthrough, and his innovative modernism was a success. Nilsson created, among other things, jewellery, table silver, and services.

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