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Gunnar
Nylund Vase
for
Rorstrand
4-1/4"
high x 4-1/4" wide x
2-1/2" deep.
Heavy,
thick-walled, stoneware vase of oval cross section. White
clay body, having a pitted surface, and covered in a
mottled, dark blue, semi-matte.
Circa
1938-40's.
See
Background, below.
$295.
P-241-S
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Seldom
found impressed mark.
NYLUND
RORSTRAND
LIDKOPING
This
mark believed to date ca.
1938-1940's.
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Background:
Gunnar Nylund (1904-1989) worked at Bing & Grondahl
1926-29, with Natalie Krebs, to form Nylund-Krebs. In 1931
he joined Rorstrand just before their move to Lidkoping in
1932. He was art director for Rorstrand until 1958 when he
left to direct Nymolle.
"Scandinavian
Art Pottery:
Denmark and Sweden"
Robin
Hecht
2000
Schiffer
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