A 35-piece coffee and tea service, 'Blå Blom', Gustavsberg.
Bone china with blue floral decoration.
Coffee pot 22 cm
Creamer 8 cm
Sugar bowl 10 cm
Ten teacups and saucers
Ten coffee cups and saucers
Twelve small plates 17.5 cm
Some parts with crazing. A coffee cup and a coffee saucer with chips. Eleven extra tea saucers and three extra coffee saucers are included.
Gustavsberg's ceramic factory was founded in 1825 at Värmdö. In the beginning the factory mainly created earthenware services with copper-printed decoration of English type. landscapes and castle motifs were common. By the mid 19th century the factory expanded and it began creating bone china and ironstone china. In addition to tableware, Gustavsberg manufactures decorative ceramics such as parian, majolica imitations, jasperware, and stoneware. From the 1800s Gustavsberg applies studio work with artistic collaborators such as Rörstrand. Wilhelm Kåge, Stig Lindberg, Lisa Larson, all of which have been tied to the factory. The designs which we most strongly associate with the factory is "Blå blom", "Pyro", "Argenta", "Berså", to name a few.
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