A "Solvisare" pedestal, Näfveqvarns bruk, Swedish Grace.
Cast iron, relief decoration of the zodiac, signed JOCKE DAHL 1921. Height 96 cm.
Hollow top originally intended for a sundial.
Minor wear.
Ivar Stenberg (1908-1999), Bohult, employed at Näfveqvarns bruk.
Thence by descent to his son Bernt Hammarström (1938-2025), employed at Näfveqvarns bruk from 1952, among other roles as a lathe operator.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
The model was exhibited with a sundial in the Swedish pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925 and was awarded a silver medal. The model was subsequently also shown at the Swedish design exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago in 1927.
Designed in 1921, intended to support a sundial.