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An Anna Petrus pewter inkwell, Herman Bergman Konstgjuteri, Stockholm 1938.
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
564 - 752 EUR
636 - 848 USD
Hammer price
5 500 SEK
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An Anna Petrus pewter inkwell, Herman Bergman Konstgjuteri, Stockholm 1938.
Length 15,5 cm.
Plaster filled cover and base, glass liners with minor chips.
Exhibitions
The model was presented at the Paris World Exhibition in 1925 and at the New York Exhibition in 1927. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bought an inkwell for their collections.
Literature
Erik Wettergren, 'The Modern Decorative Arts of Sweden', Malmö Museum, see the model illustrated p 38.
Marie Rehnberg, 'Anna Petrus skulptör och industrikonstnär', Signum förlag, 2009. Compare illustration p 83, 87.