Stig Lindberg, an earthenware bowl with cover, Gustavsbergs Studio, Sweden.
Handpainted decoration of flowers in green and brown. Signed with the studio hand and numbered, also signed by decoration painted Giowanni Pugno. Diameter 20, height c. 23 cm.
Crazed. The glaze partly without full coverage. Small chip to the cover.
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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