Stig Lindberg, a set of three faience bowls, Gustavsbergs studio.
Two leaf-shaped bowls with hand-painted polychrome decoration of flowers. Signed Sweden with the studio mark and with model numbers as well as the signatures of the faience painters Marianne Preissler and Hellinä Pitkänen. Length 15.5-25 cm. Bowl with handles, hand-painted decoration in blue of stripes. Signed Sweden with the studio mark and with the faience painter Karin Gustavsson's signature. Width 16 cm.
Minor surface wear. The blue bowl with wax stains on the inside and occasionally cracked.
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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