Stig Lindberg, two faience table lamp bases, Gustavsbergs studio.
Hand-painted polychrome decoration of stripes in blue and green. Signed with the studio mark as well as 193 Sweden and with the signatures of the faience painters Karin Gustavsson and Eduard Berchslod. Height 21.5-22 cm.
Minor surface wear. Some areas with crazing. One with a manufacturing defect underneath in the form of a large firing crack. Both with a drilled hole for a cord, originally vases.
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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