Sigvard Bernadotte
Sigvard Bernadotte, a 373-piece 'Millenium-line Marianne' service, Christineholm, Fyrklövern.
12 coffee cups with saucers, diameter of the cups 7 cm, diameter of the saucer 13 cm.
12 mugs, height 10.5 cm.
12 plates, diameter 17 cm.
Coffee pot, height 23 cm.
Teapot, height 17 cm.
Creamer, height 9 cm.
Sugar bowl, height 11 cm.
Cake plate in three levels.
Cake tray in three levels.
12 dinner plates, diameter 27.5 cm.
12 deep plates, diameter 22 cm.
12 appetizer plates, diameter 21 cm.
12 plates, diameter 30.5 cm.
12 broth cups with saucers, diameter of the cups 11.5 cm, diameter of the saucer 16 cm.
12 small bowls, diameter 8 cm.
Soup tureen, diameter 23 cm.
4 oval serving dishes, length 21, 31, 38 and 44 cm.
Bowl on foot, height 16 cm.
Pitcher, height 17.5 cm.
Salt and pepper shakers, height 8 cm.
4 candlesticks, height 10 cm.
Vase, height 20.5 cm.
Plate, length 34.5 cm.
Sauce snipe, length 19 cm.
Cabaret in 6 parts.
2 serving essays in 7 parts each.
Oval plate, length 39.5 cm.
2 rectangular bowls, length 39 cm.
Rectangular bowl, length 25.5 cm.
Round bowl, diameter 29.5 cm.
2 butter holders, length 8.5 cm.
2 three-piece serving bowls, length 38 cm.
Jug with glass lid, diameter 20 cm.
Round egg dish, diameter 33 cm.
2 serving bowls, diameter 7 cm.
3 deep serving bowls, diameter 16, 20 and 23.5 cm.
2 heat holders, diameter 14 cm.
A total of 151 parts.
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12 forks, length 19 cm.
12 dinner knives, length 21.5 cm.
12 tablespoons, length 19 cm.
12 table forks, length 15.5 cm.
12 table knives, length 18.5 cm.
12 dessert spoons, length 16 cm.
12 dessert forks, length 14 cm.
12 teaspoons, length 14 cm.
8 butter knives, length 15 cm.
Soup ladle, length 31 cm.
2 sauce spoons, length 20.5 cm.
2 cake knife, length 24 cm.
2 salad cutlery, length 24.5 cm.
A total of 111 parts.
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12 red wine glasses, height 22 cm.
12 white wine glasses, height 19.5 cm.
12 vodka glasses, height 16.5 cm.
12 liqueur glasses, height 16 cm.
12 beer glasses, height 17 cm.
12 seltzer glasses, height 8.5 cm.
14 coupe glasses, height 16 cm.
2 decanters, height 29.5 cm.
Glass bowl, height 10, diameter 17 cm.
Glass vase, height 20.5, diameter 12.5 cm.
A total of 90 parts.
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2 wooden spinning trays, diameter 41 cm.
Oval tray in metall, length 42 cm.
Table cloth, jacquard woven, half linen 150 x 320 cm.
12 napkins, jacquard woven, half linen, 44 x 44 cm.
Champagne cooler, height 20.5 cm.
3 candle sticks, height 13, 16 and 21 cm.
Table lamp in porcelain with lamp-shade. Height excluding lamp-shade 38 cm.
The general impression is good. One decanter with chip to rim. Partly minor wear.
Designer
Sigvard Bernadotte was a Swedish prince who gained international recognition as both a designer and illustrator. He was born in 1907 at Drottningholm Palace as the son of then Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Great Britain.
Sigvard Bernadotte became the first in the Bernadotte family to obtain an academic degree. In the fall of 1926, he enrolled at Uppsala University, studying art history and political science among other subjects. In 1930, he was admitted to the Decorative Line at the Technical School in Stockholm, studying under Professor Olle Hjortzberg, whose influence shaped the strict and concentrated design for which Bernadotte later became famous. In 1934, Sigvard Bernadotte married Erika Patzek, resulting in his loss of succession rights to the crown.
Sigvard Bernadotte is one of Sweden's most famous designers, having worked with a wide variety of techniques and materials. He designed everything from everyday items to exclusive silverware, notably for Georg Jensen. Bernadotte was also occasionally commissioned by Illums Bolighus in Copenhagen, the carpet company Nessim, Bing & Grøndahl, and the German company Rosenthal. For two decades, Sigvard Bernadotte was a central figure in Scandinavian industrial design, and his company became an informal design school, praised for its meticulously crafted function and form in its products. Bernadotte, among other things, designed the so-called 'Margrethe bowls' and the 'virr-varr' pattern that adorns numerous tabletops.