1885-1970. VENUS URN, NÄFVEQVARNS BRUK, designed in 1917

Ivar Johnsson, Näfveqvarns Bruk

Cast iron. Height 49 cm. Diameter 51.5 cm (58 cm with handles). Ivar Johnsson's first work for Näfveqvarns bruk. Exhibited at the Swedish Crafts Society's home exhibition at Liljevalchs 1917 and the Paris World's Fair 1925. Literature: Gregor Paulsson, Beautiful Everyday Objects, Göteborg 1919, p. 16. Christian Björk, Näfveqvarns Bruk — Artists and Architects in Industry, Stockholm 2013, p. 44f. From an older southern Swedish collection.