Stig Lindberg, a 45-piece "Berså" creamware dining service, Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Comprising:
11 dinner plates, 24.5 cm.
11 side plates, 18 cm.
12 bowls, 17 cm.
4 egg cups, diameter 4.5 cm.
2 platters, 31 x 22.5 cm.
2 boxes with lids, 16 x 9 cm.
2 bowls with wooden lids, 15.5-18 cm.
Jug, height 13 cm.
Wear and marks with loss of decoration. Minor discoloured and crazed areas. Some stains. A few chips. One bowl, one platter, and one side plate with crack(s).
During the 1950s and 1960s, Stig Lindberg created many of his most sought-after stoneware objects, decorative vases, bowls, and dishes with pressed or carved decoration, and popular ceramic series such as Pungo, Domino, Terma, Karneval, were introduced. A few years later, he became artistic director after Wilhelm Kåge. Stig Lindberg designed popular tableware, several of which are still manufactured today, such as Adam, Eva, Berså, Spisa Ribb (now called Ribb), Prunus, and Aster. During his career, Lindberg worked as an industrial designer, book illustrator, textile and glass designer.
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