Josef Frank, a four pieces pewter tea service and a tray, model "A2330", Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm 1946 (tray 1929).
Comprising a teapot, cream jug, milk jug, sugar bowl, and tray, handles and knobs of wood. stamped with the angel mark Stockholm U8 and C8. Height of the milk jug 14 cm, diameter of the tray 16 cm.
The sugar bowl with a replaced finial, minor wear.
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.
The model in production from 1935-36.
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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