Category: Ceramics

A Rare Deep Blue Hedgehog vase – Chamotte – Gunnar Nylund – Rörstrand

This is a really early and super rare Hedgehog-vase designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. I have never seen the hedgehog vases with this deep blue glaze so this must be a really early example and maybe also a test vase. It is 10.5 cm (4.2″) high and in excellent condition except from some minor marks. The vase is marked as the photo shows and this vase was probably produced in the late 30s or early 1940s.

Gunnar Nylund is born in Paris but moved to Denmark and started to work at Bing & Gröndahl porcelain factory in Denmark and after that he started Saxbo ceramics in Denmark and worked there for many years. After that he became the artistic leader at Rörstrand in Sweden and worked there between 1931-1955. Gunnar Nylund is represented at a several Swedish and international museums. He is one of the most well know ceramicists in Scandinavia during the 20th century.