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  Wilhelm Kage / Gustavsberg “Nude” Farsta Studio Bowl c. 1940

  WILHELM KÅGE (1889-1960) Sweden

  GUSTAVSBERG Gustavsberg, Sweden

  “Nude” Farsta bowl c. 1940

  Glazed stoneware with hand inscribed sgraffito decoration of a nude

  Marks: Kage, Studio Gustavsberg; FARSTA

  Dia: 8″

  Originally a painter, Wilhelm Kåge was employed by Gustavsberg as an art director to rejuvenate the pottery´s production. He was faithful to the company for 32 years. In 1942 he started the legendary Gustavsberg Studio with the mission to create unique artistic pieces. His lively imagination brought forth a great variety of forms. Kåge was an artist of contradictions. In the 1940´s and 50´s he designed several geometrical, almost cubist, vessels in the “Surrea” series which stands in striking contrast to his soft formed, organic shaped tableware from the same period. Kåge designed more than 30 different dinner services, of particular importance was the inexpensive “workers” service, intended for a wider audience. Kåge´s pride, however, was the Farsta series of unique vessels made of heavy stoneware with carved surfaces and earth coloured decorative glazes. The clay for which was taken from the Farsta bay area very near the Gustavsberg pottery. He began experimenting with the Farsta line of studio ceramics already in the 1920´s. Art historians and collectors today consider the Farsta pieces the culmination of Wilhelm Kåge´s artistic production.
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  Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession “Schneckenreiter” c. 1910

  MICHAEL POWOLNY  (1871-1954)  Austria
  BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960)  Austria
  VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK  Vienna

  Schneckenreiter  c. 1910

  Glazed white earthenware hand-painted with black enamel

  Marks: conjoined WK (in a square), KG with flower (in a square), 81 (impressed)

  ***Extremely rare Powolny model in black and white.

  Model illustrated: Michael Powolny:  Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990), p. 50, illus. 20, cat. no. WV43;  Vienna 1900, Vienna, Scotland and the European Avant-Garde, Peter Vergo (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983), p. 63, plate 19; “Austrian Architecture and Decoration,” The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1911 (London: The Studio, 1911), p. 233.

  This model may also be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Inventory number 604, 1966).

  H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″

  Price: $10,500

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  Tommi Parzinger, Sterling and enamel pedestal centerpiece bowl on an attached square base with a frog, lily pad and fish motif as part of the overall enamel design c. 1938

  TOMMI PARZINGER  (1903-1981)  Germany/USA

  WILLIAM STARK / KARL DRERUP Enamel

  PETER REIMES Silversmith

  Sterling and enamel  pedestal centerpiece bowl on an
  attached square base with a frog, lily pad and fish motif as part of the
  overall enamel design c. 1938

  Marks: RP (for Peter Reimes), Parzinger, STERLING

  H: 6 3/4″ (including pedestal) x Dia: 8 1/2″

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  Whiting American Sterling Koi Theme “Japonisme” Serving Bowl and Servers c.1880

  WHITING MANUFACTURING CO.  North Attleboro, MA

  “Koi” serving bowl with matching servers   c. 1880

  Sterling silver serving bowl and matching servers with applications of Koi fish behind nets, gilt interior

  Marks: on base: lion with W in oval (manufacturer’s insignia), STERLING, 2124A, J.E. CALDWELL & CO. (retailer)

  H: 4 3/8″ x Dia: 9 3/4″

  In 1840 Albert Tifft and William Whiting started their business in North Attleboro, MA  as a jewelry manufacturing company and then in 1866 created the Whiting Mfg. Co. and expanded production into small holloware as well. The Gorham Company bought Whiting in 1926 and all operations were then moved to Providence, R.I.