Alf Wallander
For condition report contact specialist
An Art Nouveau 'Lilies/Irises' porcelain 40 pcs part dinner service including a tureen, Rörstrand, Sweden.
The model is CW, the relief decoration with underglaze colours in pink, blue and green is called "Lilies/ Irises.
1 tureen with cover (length 33 cm, height ca 17 cm)
1 serving dish (58 x 28,5 cm)
8 dinner plates (diam 25,5 cm)
14 dinner plates, (diam ca 24,5 cm)
16 small plates (diam ca 17,5 cm)
Some minor chips, stains, firing spots and firing cracks.
More information
The service "Lilies", usually called Iris in Swedish, was first shown at the 1897 Stockholm exhibition. It was in the manufacturing catalogues 1900, 1902, 1908 and 1911.
Designer
Alf Wallander was a Swedish painter, ceramicist, and glass designer born in Stockholm. At the age of 15, he began studying at the "Slöjdskolan" in Stockholm, and he later studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and then in Paris from 1885 to 1889.
Wallander was a highly versatile artist and influenced by the spirit of the times around the turn of the century, he was inspired by the author Ellen Key's philosophy of "Beauty for All" and the British Arts & Crafts movement, which can be seen in Wallander's designs for furniture, textiles, glass, and ceramics. Wallander was associated with the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory from 1895 and gained recognition for his Art Nouveau ceramics as early as 1896, later being appointed artistic director at Rörstrand in 1900. From 1907 to 1911, Wallander was associated with the Kosta Glassworks as a designer. Alongside Gunnar G. Wennerberg, Alf Wallander was one of the dominant designers in Sweden during the Art Nouveau period.