A pair of "Venus" cast iron urns, Näfveqvarns bruk, Swedish Grace.
Relief decoration of a Venus figure and stylised plants with the text VENUS STIGER UR HAFVET (Venus rises from the sea). Height ca. 49 cm, width ca. 57.5 cm including handles, diameter ca. 51.5 cm.
Holmsund Manor, Bomhus, Gävle.
The model was first displayed at Hemutställningen (Home Exhibition) in 1917 at Liljevalchs in Stockholm and subsequently at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, where the urns were placed outside the Swedish Pavilion.
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