a "Venus" cast iron urn, Näfveqvarns bruk, Swedish Grace.
Cast iron, relief decoration of a Venus figure and stylised plants with the text VENUS STIGER UR HAFVET (Venus rises from the sea). Height 49 cm, diameter 56 cm including handles.
Renovated surface. Wear.
Bukowski Auktioner, Modern Art + Design 640, 2022, cat. no. 355.
The model was first displayed at Hemutställningen (Home Exhibition) in 1917 at Liljevalchs in Stockholm and subsequently at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, where the urns were placed outside the Swedish Pavilion.
Designed in 1917.