WHITE VASE – GUNNAR NYLUND – RÖRSTRAND

A lovely white vase designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, it´s 12,5 cm (5″) high. Close to mint condition except from a tiny air bubble in the glaze, almost not visible, that is probably why it is marked as 2nd quality.

Gunnar Nylund was born in Paris 1904 with parents who worked as sculptors and designer so he really soon started hos own career as designer for the Danish brand Bing & Grondahl where he worked until 1928. After that he together with Nathalie Krebs established the ceramics workshop Saxbo in Denmark. In 1931, Gunnar Nylund was then asked to start working for Rörstrand in Lidköping, Sweden. He worked there until 1955, most of the time as artistic director. After Gunnar Nylund Carl-Harry Stålhane became the artistic director for Rörstrand. Gunnar Nylund moved back to Denmark in the early 1960s and worked for Nymölle for a few years, in 1964 he moved back to Sweden where he freelanced for Rörstrand for many years.