Stig Lindberg, two faience dishes, Gustavsbergs studio.
Round dish with hand-painted decoration in green and blue stripes, signed with the studio mark and with Alf Jarnestad's painter's signature. Diameter 30.5 cm. Rectangular dish with rounded corners, hand-painted decoration of flowers and leaves. Signed with the studio mark and with Hellinä Pitkänen's painter's signature. Length 25, width 19 cm.
Minor wear. Uneven crazing. Minor stains.
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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