a pair of "Blomkruka N:r 1" cast iron flower pots, Näfveqvarns bruk, Sweden.
Relief decoration of figures. Height 22 cm, diameter 25 cm.
Wear, weather-bitten patina.
Acquired by the present owner's grandparents during the second quarter of the 20th century.
Marie Rehnberg, "Anna Petrus: Skulptör och industrikonstnär", Arena 2009, compare p. 133.
Designed as columns for the Swedish pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925. These were reworked into flower pots after the exhibition and went into production in 1927.