A rare pewter and brass vase model A 903, Firma Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, 1929.
Decorative bands of brass, spherical body with upturned handles, trumpet-shaped mouth, stamped with the angel mark and year stamp C8. Height 25.5 cm.
Gift inscription to underside, minor wear and scratches.
The model was on display at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930.
Catalogue, "Firma Svenskt Tenn", Nordisk Rotogravyr 1931, model illustrated (n.p.).
Hedvig Hedqvist, Rikard Jacobson & Jan von Gerber, "Modernt Svenskt Tenn", Atlantis 2004, p. 73.
An example of this design is held in the collection of Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
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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