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Gustavsberg is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826. [1] It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans continued producing ceramics and household porcelain in the Gustavsberg tradition. One of Gustavsberg's most famous collections is the "Nobel Porcelain ...
Upsala-Ekeby AB was a porcelain, tile, brick, and glass company founded in 1886 in Uppsala, Sweden.From 1910 to 1945, Upsala-Ekeby produced tiled cocklestoves in Ekeby. In 1910, Upsala-Ekeby hired designers for their production of household and art ceramics.
The company was founded in 1909 and was originally called Andersson & Johansson's Pottery Factory. Sigfrid Johansson was glazier and colleague Karl Andersson was master turner. The production of ceramics in earthenware was initially conducted in rather modest forms, but already after five years - 1914 - it was possible to participate in the ...
The magazine is part of Aller Media and is published by Aller Förlag AB on a weekly basis. [1] [4] The company acquired the magazine in 1983. [5] Its headquarters is in Malmö, [1] but it was formerly based in Helsingborg. [6] Hemmets Veckotidning targets women aged between 25–59 years. [6]
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Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a potter is also called a pottery (plural potteries).
The Gothenburg Porcelain Factory produced the design starting in 1926. Ostindia is an example of one of the factory's popular designs; it is still made today. As for more recent productions, "Mon Amie" - the white porcelain tableware with cobalt blue nuanced flowers - was designed by Marianne Westman in 1952.
Gunnar Nylund (1 May 1904–1997) was a Swedish ceramic designer since the 1930s, best known as the artistic director of Rörstrand, and was already a well-established ceramic artist in Denmark first at the Bing & Grøndahl Porcelain factory in Copenhagen 1925–28.