Wilhelm Kåge,98 pieces "Guldstjärna" Gustavsberg
Dekor i blått och med förgylld dekor.
17 flata små tallrikar, diameter 21 cm
14 assietter, diameter 18 cm
18 stora djupa tallrikar, diameter 24,5 cm
15 stora flata tallrikar, diameter 24 cm
10 små djupa tallrikar, diameter 21,5 cm
6 kaffekoppar med fat
7 moccakoppar med fat
6 äggkoppar
2 små ovala fat, längd 25 cm
1 mindre ovalaskålar, längd 20 cm
1 större oval skål, längd 24,5 cm
1 stort oval fat, längd 39 cm
Wear. Some with crack
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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