Wilhelm Kåge
A 101 piece 'Pyro' creamware service, Wilhlem Kåge, Gustavsberg, 1930s.
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6 större burkar med lock, höjd 19 cm
6 mindre burkar med lock, höjd 12 cm
2 burkar med trälock, höjd 18 cm
1 fiskfat med insats, längd 40 cm
3 ovala uppläggningsfat med kant, längd 20-25 cm
4 ovala uppläggningsfat med hänklar, längd 20-25 cm
4 runda uppläggningsskålar med hänkar, diameter 10-21,5 cm
1 skärbräda, längd 30 cm
1 ovalt uppläggningsfat, längd 26 cm
1 ovalt uppläggningsfat, längd 23 cm
2 ovala serveringsskålar, längd 19-22,5 cm
1 oval serveringsskål, längd 26 cm
2 skålar med pip, diameter 14 cm
1 juicepress, längd 18 cm
2 såskannor, längd 14 cm
2 äggkoppar, höjd 4,5 cm
4 ovala serveringsskålar, längd 22,52-29 cm
2 små muggar, höjd 6 cm
1 mugg samt testil, höjd 9,5 cm
2 små karotter med lock, diameter 9,5 cm
1 låda för potatismjöl, höjd 11 cm
10 assietter, diameter 16 cm
2 små skålar med hänklar, diameter 8-9,5 cm
4 djupa tallrikar, diameter 18 cm
1 tallrik, diameter 12,5 cm
7 djupa tallrikar, diameter 23 cm
12 tallrikar, diameter 23 cm
1 tallrik, diameter 21,5 cm
1 karott med lcok, längd 28 cm
1 karott med lock, diameter 22 cm
1 skål med hänklar, diameter 17 cm
1 skål, diameter 15,5 cm
1 tefat, diameter 16 cm
1 kaffefat, diameter 13,5 cm
4 serveringsskålar, diameter 16,5-24,5 cm
1 karott med lock, diameter 20 cm.
Crazing. Cracks. Repairs. Damages. Chips. Discolouration.
Designer
Wilhelm Kåge was a Swedish artist, painter, and ceramicist. Between 1917 and 1949, he worked as artistic director at Gustavsberg porcelain factory.
Kåge studied at Valand konstskola in Gothenburg and later in Copenhagen, where he got to know artist Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (GAN) and became familiar with modern art. He studied graphic art in Munich and began his artistic career by designing posters for theaters and exhibitions. When Gustavsberg needed new products for the home Exhibition at Liljevalch in 1917, Kåge was hired. He developed 30 different tableware, colorful faience, stoneware, and series such as Carrara, Surrea, and Våga. In 1942, Kåge developed Gustavsberg's studio together with designer Stig Lindberg. The studio became an aesthetic laboratory for objets d'art.
At the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, Kåge presented Gustavsberg's future sales success "Argenta", a series of objet d'art glazed mainly in green but also in red, blue, brown, and celadon green and painted with various silver decorations according to Kåge's sketches.
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