A faience bowl, Arvika, Sweden, early 20th century.
Bowl on a small foot, with handles, glazed in blue with relief decoration of various fish, signed on the bottom RBA. Diameter 31 cm, height 17 cm.
Crazings, chips.
Riborg Böving Albråten was a Swedish ceramicist and designer. She received her education in Bern, Switzerland, and in Karlsruhe, Germany, before attending the Technical School in Stockholm. In 1907, she moved to Värmland to become part of the artist collective by Lake Racken. Böving designed several decorations for both the Gustavsberg factory and Rörstrand.
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