Nils Fougstedt
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a pewter teapot and sauceboat with a plate, Svenskt Tenn, 1932, 1949. Alva & Gunnar Myrdal Collection.
The spherical teapot has a wooden handle, maker's mark F8, Length 29 cm. An oval sauce boat with wooden handle, blurred marks, the plate with maker's mark Y8. Length sauce boat 13,7 cm, the plate diameter 16,3 cm.
Wear, the finial to the teapot is replaced, tarnished.
Provenance
Alva & Gunnar Myrdal. Thence by descent.
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Family anecdote:
"The pewter tea-service was used frequently when having coffee and tea sitting by the pewter-top table by Uno Åhrén".
Designer
Nils Fougstedt was a Swedish sculptor and designer. Brother of Arvid Fougstedt. Together with Estrid Ericson, he established a workshop for the production of pewter objects in Stockholm in 1924, which became the foundation of the company Firma Svenskt Tenn. For the company, he designed many beautiful works. From the 1920s classicism, he transitioned around 1930 to a moderate functionalism with straight, polished surfaces.
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