Description
Rare vase, designed by Rörstrand’s chief designer Alf Wallander
for the „Universal Art and Industrial Exhibition“, Stockholm, 1897,
executed by Rörstrand Porcelain Manufactory, Sweden, symbolistic
underwater decor, modelled with mermaid and subaquatic plants,
only known example of this model
h. 23 cm, d. 24 cm
Marks
„Rörstrand A. Wallander 1897“, painted by hand under
the bottom
Provenance
Private collection Sweden
Public collections
Bröhan Museum Berlin
Literature
Bengt Nyström, Rörstrand Porcelain - Art Nouveau
Masterpieces, The Robert Schreiber Collection, foreword by
Alastair Duncan, New York, London, Paris, 1997; Bengt Nyström,
Rörstrand Art Nouveau Porcelain from Sweden, Collection
Hans Schmidts,Stuttgart 2011; Bröhan-Museum, Porzellan, Kunst
und Design 1889 bis 1939, Vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus,
Part II, Berlin 1996, pag. 207 - 255