Designer: Wilhelm Kåge
Manufacturer: Gustavsberg
Materials: Glazed stoneware inlaid with raised silver
Country of Origin: Sweden
Date: 1940s
Dimensions: 5” H x 2.125” DIA
Condition: Very good with loss of silver on the fine lines of decoration.
Artistic Director of the Gustavsberg porcelain factory from 1917 to 1949, Wilhelm Kåge developed new glazes and designs for over thirty different tableware series. In 1930, Kåge exhibited his Argenta Series at the Stockholm Exhibition. This was his first successful foray in ceramics. The series, which included everything from ashtrays to urns, was glazed in red, brown and blue; but it was the pieces finished in a green glaze with silver adornments that really caught people’s attention. The most successful of all Kåge’s works, the series epitomizes the style that became known as Swedish Grace.
