Josef Frank
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a four-piece pewter tea set and a plate, model "A2330", Firma Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm 1946 (plate 1929).
With wooden handles and knobs. Comprising a teapot, creamer, milk jug, sugar bowl, and plate, maker's mark Stockholm U8 and C8. Height of the milk jug 14 cm, diameter of the plate 16 cm.
Sugar bowl with replaced knob, minor wear.
Literature
Hedvig Hedqvist, Rikard Jacobson, Jan von Gerber, "Modernt Svenskt Tenn", Atlantis 2004, model illustrated p. 99.
Monica Boman, "Estrid Ericson, Orkidé i Vinterlandet", Carlsson 1989, see the model illustrated on a set table at Strandvägen for the invitation to Svenskt Tenn's spring exhibition in 1940.
More information
The model was in production from 1935-36.
Designer
Josef Frank was born in Austria and studied architecture in Vienna. As an architect, he worked with private home areas, villas and apartment buildings. In 1925 he started his own interior design firm Haus und Garten together with two architect colleagues. In connection with the advance of the Nazis, he emigrated to Sweden and was employed in 1934 at Svenskt Tenn. After the outbreak of World War II, Josef Frank, who came from a Jewish family, was forced into exile in New York. At Svenskt Tenn, he made an impact on the product range for four decades; especially when it comes to furniture and fabric prints.
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