Fanny Garde
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An Art Nouveau porcelain lidded vase model 1204/8, Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
Baluster-shaped urn in two layers, the outer with pierced decoration of flowers in grey and white against brown, signed with manufacturer's mark, B&G and F. Garde in underglaze blue and model number 1204/8. Height 42 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Philippe Denys, Brussels, acquired for the present owner's private collection in the 1990s.
Designer
Fanny Garde received her education at the "Tegneskolen for Kvinder" in Copenhagen, which she completed in 1884. She began her employment at Bing & Grøndahl's Porcelain Factory in 1886. She was one of the first female employees at the porcelain painting department and also one of the first women to design her own models at Bing & Grøndahl. She is likely best known for the "Måsen" service, which she designed in the 1890s. Fanny Garde later went on to teach at the "Tegneskolen for Kvinder."
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