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A rare and beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace sculptural earthenware table lamp with amazing glaze. Made by an unknown artist at S:t Erik Lervaufabriker, Uppsala, Sweden, 1910s-1920...

Diamond Flower Ring, Renaissance styled. Likely German, made ca. 1850s -1920s. The band is hallmarked /tested 18K Yellow Gold, top crown is made of Silver. The flower crown is Ø 1...

A small, blue, lidded bowl with amazing lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Swedish Grace / Art Deco. Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930. Great condition. Si...

A beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace bronze candelstick with amazing patina. Designed by Sune Bäckström in Malmoe, Sweden, 1920s. Good condition, with some light scratches and wea...

Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed vase with gilded banding on the base. Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in Denmark, 1950s. Great condition. T...

A beautiful scallop shaped Art Deco / Scandinavian Modern bronze bowl with amazing patina. Designed by Niels Dam Ravn and made by Nordisk Malm in Denmark, 1930s. Great original co...

A beautiful mid-century stoneware table lamp with amazing glaze. Made by Søholm Stentøj, Denmark, 1960s. Great original condition. Signed 'Søholm Denmark Stentøj'. Sold without la...

Rare glass vase designed by Kjell Blomberg. Produced by Gullaskruf in Sweden.

A pair of beautiful, vintage solid brass & aluminium candlesticks. Made by an unknown designer in Denmark, 1960s. Great original condition with amazing patina. Some light scratches...

A pair of iconic 'Sling' Mid-Century Scandinavian ear-cuff earrings, made of 925 sterling silver. Can be worn in 2 different ways, perfect fon non-pierced ears. Made by Tone Vigel...

A beautiful art deco bronze vase with amazing patina. Designed by Sune Bäckström in Malmoe, Sweden, 1920s. Great condition. Stamped 'BRONS', model number and signature 'Sune Bäcks...

A stylish and heavy vintage Norwegian brass bowl with granite from the mines of Sulitjelma in the Norwegian region Laponia. Made by Saulo / Sulitjelma Stein og Metall, Norway, 1960s...

Rare plant stand designed by Uno & Östen Kristiansson. Produced by Luxus in Vittsjö, Sweden.

Rare pair of side tables / benches designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced by Fredericia Stolefabrik in Denmark.

A pair of beautiful vintage brass trumpet candlesticks. Attributed to Jens H. Quistgaard, Denmark, 1960s. Great original condition with amazing patina. If you prefer them shiny you...

Rare set of four wall lamps model V-305/2 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson. Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd, Sweden.

A large, light green lidded urn with amazing lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Scandinavian Grace / Art Deco. Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1928. Great cond...

Pair of round mirror in brass model nr 133. Produced by Glas Mäster in Markaryd in Sweden.

Pair of Floor Lamps in Nickel and Opaline Glass by Harald Notini, 1930s Additional Information: Material: Nickel and opaline glass Style: Mid Century, Scandinavian Pair of Floor Lam...

A pair of antique European hand - made ca 1920s - 1930s Silver on 18K Rose Gold flexible pendant earrings featuring cultured pearls Ø7.5 mm each and rose cut Diamonds . Flexible lin...

Mirror in rosewood designed by Aksel Kjersgaard. Produced by Odder in Denmark.

A pair of 19th-century Italian cameo earrings, finely carved from shell and mounted in warm 21-karat gold, depict a classical harvest couple. The man crowned with a sickle and the wo...

Rare daybed model Berlin designed by Bruno Mathsson. Produced by Karl Mathsson in Värnamo, Sweden.

Signet Ring for Men or Women adorned with sawn, soldered, and engraved silhouette of a Hawk. Metal is solid 14 Rose Gold plated with a layer of 14K Green Gold over. Ca. early 20th....

A beautiful, hand painted, porcelain art nouveau / jugend trinket box. Designed by Astrid Ewerlöf (1876-1927) for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1900-1910. Great condition. Stamped with makers...

Black melamine "Colleoni" bowl (Pencil Holder + Paperclip Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1970. Produced by Danese Milano in the early 70s. Excellent condition, only some light sc...

White melamine "Lampedusa" vase (Pencil Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1967. Produced by Danese Milano in the late 60s. Great condition, only a few light scratches and a small di...

A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing hare’s fur glaze. Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden. Great condition. Incised signature "F...

A beautiful and unique stoneware vase with amazing glaze. Made by Stig Lindberg in Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1962. Excellent condition. Incised "Stig L" and Gustavsberg studio han...

A ring in 18K Yellow Gold with double band and rectangular openwork ornamental crown with parts in White Gold or Platinum decorated with mix of 43 Brilliant and old European cut natu...

Beautiful and rare stoneware vase designed by Gertrud Lönegren. This studio piece was created at Rorstrand in Sweden between 1936-1941. Excellent condition. Stamped 'Rörstrand / ...

A pair of vintage Austrian Earrings in solid 14K Yellow Gold in a modernistic openwork design with secure clip-on locks featuring 12 bezel se...

A large and beautiful bronze vase with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, with only a few light scratches. Stamped 'BRONS' and mak...

A beautiful stoneware bowl with amazing glaze. Made by Annikki Hovisaari for Arabia, Finland, 1960s Great condition. Incised signature 'AH' and 'ARABIA'. Annikki Hovisaari (1918–20...

Publisher GKM. Limited Edition 30 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate artefacts into works ...

Beautiful vase with blue glaze. Made by Gertrud Lönegren at Rorstrand in Sweden between 1936-41. Great condition, some small metal marks. Impressed 'Rörstrand', 'LÖNEGREN' and 'HAN...

White melamine "Lampedusa" vase (Pencil Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1967. Produced by Danese Milano in the late 60s. Fair condition, a chip to the top rim and a small crack to...

Ceiling Lamps in Brass by Vilhelm Lauritzen, 1956 Additional Information: Material: Brass Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark Dimensions (W x D x H...

Bar Cabinet on Wheels in Rosewood, Brass, Formica and Steel by Illum Wikkelsø, 1960's Additional Information: Material: Rosewood, brass, formic...

Rare armchair model 62 designed by Niels Otto Møller. Produced by J.L Møllers Møbelfabrik in Denmark.

Antique Russian Orthodox Icon of Theotokos of Tikhvin , Holly Mother of Tihvin / Тихвинская икона Божией Матери in Russian - the copy of one of the most celebrated Orthodox Christian...

Coffee Table in Oak, Leather by Peter Hjorth & Arne Karlsen Additional Information: Material: Oak, leather Style: Mid century, Scandinavia Produced by In...

Maria Flap Dining Table in Walnut, Brass and Beech by Bruno Mathsson, 1968 Additional Information: Material: Walnut, brass and beech Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Produced by Kar...

Italian centerpiece or a fruit bowl on a foot in solid 800 alloy. Very cute climbing boys and well cast floral ornaments on rims and and on partially openwork foot. Measures 14 c...

A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing 'leopard' glaze. Made by Yngve Blixt, in his studio in Höganäs, Sweden, 1975. Excellent condition. Incised Yngve Blixt, Höganäs. Yngve Blix...

AP-30 Piano Stool in Oak and Original Fabric by Hans J. Wegner, 1957 Additional Information: Material: Oak and Fabric Style: Mid Century, Scandinavian Stool Produced by A.P. Stolen...

A set of three beautiful yellow and brown stoneware miniature vases with amazing glaze. One of them is by Gunnar Nylund and two of them are by Carl Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand, Swe...

A pair of bronze Art Deco / Swedish Grace candlesticks with amazing patina. Designed by Carl-Einar Borgström and made by Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, onl...

A beautiful stoneware art deco / Swedish grace bowl with amazing glaze. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition. Incised with makers mark. Gunnar N...

A brutalist stainless steel bowl with amazing relief decor. Made by Olav Joa Joff for Polaris Fabrikker, Sandnes, Norway. The series 'Steel Art' was in production 1972-1974. Great...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Rare easy chair model 451 designed by Illum Wikkelsø. Produced by Aarhus Polstrermøbelfabrik in Denmark.

A large and elegant Dahl Jensen crackle glazed vase with hand painted flowers and gilded banding on rim and base. Designed by Jens Peter Dahl Jensen. Made in Copenhagen, Denmark, 193...

'Marselis' vase by Nils Thorsson (1898-1975) manufactured by Aluminia (later Royal Copenhagen) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1950s. The pear-shaped faience vase features a maroon brown gl...

A beautiful miniature stoneware vase with amazing glossy glaze. Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s. Great condition. Incise...

Large brutalist sculpture by unknown artist. Probably produced in Sweden. Signed “S. ??? 25/50”.  

Extremely rare mid-century metal bowl by Ingo Maurer for his company Design M, Germany, 1970s. Excellent original condition. Original sticker. Ingo Maurer was born May 12, 1932 on...

A rare and oversized Scandinavian Modern brass table lamp with original fabric shade. Made by Christian Bergh & Co (CeBe) for ASEA belysning in Sweden, 1950s. Great original condit...

Beautiful and rare vase made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden, 1940s. Carrara glazed stoneware. Excellent condition. Stamped 'Gustavsberg / KÅGE / CARRARA / Swe...

Rare freestanding sideboard with tambour doors designed by Arne Vodder. Produced by Sibast Møbelfabrik in Denmark.