Surrea Bowl

Wilhelm Kåge, Gustavsberg

Bowl from the "Surrea" series, produced at Gustavsberg studio. White glaze. Stamped. Wilhelm Kåge was a Swedish artist and ceramicist who served as artistic director at the Gustavsberg porcelain factory from 1917 to 1949. He designed around thirty different dinnerware sets, as well as art pottery, colorful faience, stoneware, and various series of art pottery such as Carrara, Surrea, and Våga. In 1942, Kåge, together with Stig Lindberg, established the Gustavsberg Studio, which became a kind of aesthetic laboratory for art pottery.