Marianne Westman
MARIANNE WESTMAN, a part 'Mon Amie' service, Rörstrand, Sweden. (90 pieces)
Comprising; 2 oval serving dishes, length 36,5 cm. 2 oval serving dishes, length 30 cm. 11 dinner plates, diameter 24,5 cm (one with a firing spot). 11 entree dishes, diameter 21 cm. 12 soup dishes, diameter 20 cm. 10 bread dishes, diameter 17 cm (2 with chips, one with crack). 13 dishes with a lot of flowers, diameter 19 cm. 29 dishes with flowers all the way to the rim, diameter 19 cm. One chipped cup with five stands accompanies the set.
Chips, cracks, firingspot.
Designer
Marianne Westman is considered one of Sweden's leading designers in household porcelain. After studying at Konstfack, she got permanent employment at Rörstrand's porcelain factory, where she developed the porcelain series "Mon Amie" and "Picknick" – now considered modern classics.
For a few years in the 1970s, Marianne Westman worked at Skruf's glass factory, where she made the "Provence" cheese trays and the "Le Chef series". Between 1972 and 1993, she freelanced at various porcelain factories in Bavaria, Germany, and made the "Kristina" and "Falun" tableware.