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Nils Fougstedt

(Sweden, 1881-1954)
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
775 - 969 EUR
887 - 1 110 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Eva Seeman
Stockholm
Eva Seeman
Chief Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative art and design
+46 (0)708 92 19 69
Nils Fougstedt
(Sweden, 1881-1954)

A lidded pewter jar decorated with the garden of Eden, Svenskt Tenn Sweden 1930.

Cylindrical, the finial shaped by the snake biting its tail, stamped with maker's mark D8.

Minor wear.

Designer

Nils Fougstedt was a Swedish sculptor and designer. Brother of Arvid Fougstedt. Together with Estrid Ericson, he established a workshop for the production of pewter objects in Stockholm in 1924, which became the foundation of the company Firma Svenskt Tenn. For the company, he designed many beautiful works. From the 1920s classicism, he transitioned around 1930 to a moderate functionalism with straight, polished surfaces.

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