Best of Nordic design Secure payment Money back guarantee. The Gustavsberg pottery and porcelain production in the southeast of Stockholm has a long and varied history. The nobleman Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna founded a brick mill in the area as early as the s.
After the death of Gustaf, his wife Maria Sophia de la Gardie named Hem och Fritid brick mill area after him. The year-old widow with two children never remarried and would become the leading business woman of the Swedish 17th century. De la Gardie tried to recruit ceramic masters from Holland to build a porcelain factory in Gustavsberg.
But her plan was never realized because none of the Dutch porcelain masters wanted to move to cold Sweden. The Gustavsberg pottery production had to wait a while longer. Drawing of Gustavsberg porcelain factory in the s. Majolica flower-stand from the late 19th century.
Workers at the Gustavsberg factory in the early 20th century. Signpost of the Gustavsberg studio with the legendary hand symbol. Berndt Friberg's vase with swelling body and haresfur glaze from Stig Lindberg decorating faience objects in the s. Stig Lindberg working as artistic leader.
Probably early s. Lisa Larson inspecting the Japanese woman figurine. Gustavsberg — Pottery of Sweden Gustavsberg was a flagship of Swedish ceramics from the start in Over the years, the company and its designers presented numerous art pottery and tableware classics.
Which Gustavsberg design is your favorite? Article no. Bengt Berglund Kultsten Sculpture 6 cm. Lisa Larson Rhino from Museum Exhibition 20 cm. Lisa Larson — Wonderful Lion Family. Berndt Friberg Unique Brown Vase 13 cm.