Sweden - Delft and Faience

This splendid set of six late 19th to early 20th-century french majolica plates comes from Sarreguemines, France. Each plate features beautifully scalloped rims and intricate designs...

Leaf shaped ceramic faience plate / dish design by Swedish design legend Stig Lindberg for his long time collaborator Gustavsberg. This model were produced in a number of colour vari...

Leaf shaped ceramic faience plate / dish design by Swedish design legend Stig Lindberg for his long time collaborator Gustavsberg. This model were produced in a number of colour vari...

A large Danish (or Northern German) faience charger from circa 1780 in blue and white flower decor. The decoration is inspired by, or actually exact copies of the contemporary Chinese Qianlong dynasty porcelain that came to Europe during the "Florissant Period", second half of the 18th century. This 1750-1790 period was dominated a "blooming" inter-connected maritime trade between Hong Kong, China and Western Europe, with the Danes, Dutch, English and Swedes being the main merchant participants. Because the Chinese kept their unique porcelain recipe a deadly secret, the faience factories of Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden etc. decided to simply copy the Chinese decorations, this large charger being a fine example of the workmanship and tradition. An interesting fact, that in the early 1700 hundreds, the German Meissen Porcelain factory was the first to crack the secret Chinese porcelain manufacturing process, so Meissen enforced the death penalty...

Two Large Dutch 18th Century Blue and White Delft Chinoiserie Faience Dishes The decoration is inspired by, or actually exact copies of the contemporary Chinese Qianlong dynasty porcelain that came to Europe during the "Florissant Period". This last 18th century period was dominated a "blooming" inter-connected maritime trade between Hong Kong, China and Western Europe, with the Danes, Dutch, English and Swedes being the main participants. Because the Chinese kept their unique porcelain recipe deadly secret, the faience factories of The Netherlands, Denmark, France etc. decide just to copy the Chinese decorations, this pair being a fine example of the workmanship. Interesting fact, in the early 1700 hunderes, the German Meissen Porcelain factory was the first to crack the porcelain production code and they enforced a death penalty...

Urn in blue glazed ceramic/faience, fish motif. Height 80 cm / 31,5 inches. Designed by Eva Jancke-Björk (1882-1981), Bo Fajans, Gefle, Sweden, 1930´s.