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Gustavsberg

The Gustavsberg porcelain factory was, for many decades, the largest ceramics maker in Sweden and home to some of the most innovative and ingenious makers of the past century. The company, founded in 1825, mass-produced a wide range of products: first decorative household items and tableware in the English style and later bathroom fixtures, including the first pressed-steel bathtubs that would oust heavy cast iron. But of first interest to collectors are the remarkable decorative works created in the Gustavsberg art pottery studio, in particular those by master ceramists Wilhelm Kåge, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg

Gustavsberg began producing some individually crafted, highly decorated and richly glazed pieces in the 1860s. While the forms of their mass-produced vessels and plates derived from English, Continental and Asian styles, a select few painters won acclaim for their personal artistry. Gunnar Wennerberg became known for his work in the organic Art Nouveau style, and Josef Ekberg, the company’s design chief from 1908 to 1917, was revered for his expert use of iridescent lusterware glazes and the sgraffito technique, in which a decorative pattern is incised in the surface of a clay pot before it is glazed and fired. 

It was not until Ekberg’s successor, Wilhelm Kåge, opened Gustavsberg’s first dedicated art pottery studio that the work became widely recognized. Kåge’s “Argenta” series, which encompasses a variety of vessels coated with an oxidized green glaze and decorated in silver motifs, remains popular. Though perhaps his most striking works are his “Surrea” vases — white bisque porcelain in off-kilter forms inspired by Cubist paintings — and his “Farsta” wares, which include totemic, spindly footed stoneware vases and bowls with textured surfaces, glazed in brown, green and blue.

Kåge’s finest protégés, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg, took over from Kåge as Gustavsberg’s design directors in 1945. Friberg was a master potter. He threw elegant, simple, symmetrical vases and bowls painstakingly coated in layer after layer of matte glazing to achieve a classic striated effect known as “rabbit’s fur.” Lindberg’s highly collectible studio ceramics fall into two principal categories: The first is made of white porcelain pieces in round, biomorphic or stylized natural forms. The second includes weightier vases — many with textured bodies and applied decorations — glazed in deep, earthy colors. As you will see from the works on these pages, Gustavsberg was a bastion of creativity and precise artistry that turned out a remarkable range of works whose style still resonates with lovers of Scandinavian design.

Lisa Larson - Unique Piece - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description: This is a unique piece designed by arguably Sweden's most famous artist Lisa Larson. The signature of Lisa Larson and the hand of the studio Gustavsberg are clea...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg

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Earthenware

Vase & Candlestick "Snurran", Stig Lindberg, Gustavsbergs Studio, Faience
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely combined vase and candlestick of model "Snurran" designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg Studio. It was designed to be able to use both as a vase and a candle stick and you...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg

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Faience

Faience Bowl by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1950s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful faience bowl with amazing hand painted flower decor. Designed by Stig Lindberg in Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1950s. Great condition. Signed with the Gustavsberg studio ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gustavsberg

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful small stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in an ample apple form with a flat neck. Decorated with greenish blue hare’s fur glaze. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, re...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg

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Stoneware

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely miniature stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in an ample apple form with a thin neck. Decorated with warm ochre hare’s fur glaze. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, reno...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg

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Stoneware

Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience bowl / bucket for Gustavsberg, 1950s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Uppsala, SE
Ceramic faience bowl / bucket design by Swedish design legend Stig Lindberg for his long time collaborator Gustavsberg. Quite rare model a multicoloured plant on a white background. ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg

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Faience

Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Uppsala, SE
Leaf shaped ceramic faience plate / dish design by Swedish design legend Stig Lindberg for his long time collaborator Gustavsberg. This model were produced in a number of colour vari...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg

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Faience

Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
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H 2.56 in W 7.68 in D 6.7 in
Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Uppsala, SE
Leaf shaped ceramic faience plate / dish design by Swedish design legend Stig Lindberg for his long time collaborator Gustavsberg. This model were produced in a number of colour vari...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg

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Faience

Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
Stig Lindberg, ceramic faience plate for Gustavsberg, 1950s
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H 2.56 in W 7.49 in D 6.3 in
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Gustavsberg furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Gustavsberg furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gustavsberg furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Gustavsberg were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Upsala Ekeby, Carl-Harry Stålhane, and Stig Lindberg. Prices for Gustavsberg furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $95 and can go as high as $20,792, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,502.

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