Glazed ceramic jug with pale green handle, Upsala-Ekeby, 1930/1940s
Upsala Ekeby glazed jug, from the 1930s-40s. Marked Ekeby 2205.
Upsala-Ekeby was a flagship of Swedish ceramics from the start in 1885. Over the years, the company and its designers presented numerous art pottery and tableware classics.
Around 1920, Upsala-Ekeby began to recruit designers in an effort to raise its artistic standards. The World Exhibition in Paris in 1925 turned out to be an international breakthrough for Swedish utility art, but for Upsala-Ekeby, the breakthrough came later in the 1930s. In the ensuing decades, Upsala-Ekeby would become one of the brightest stars of the Swedish interior design world.
Artist: Unknown
Manufacturer: Uppsala-Ekeby, marked at bottom
Period: 1930's / 1940’s
Origin: Sweden
Material: Earthenware
Dimensions: Height: circa 20 cm
Condition: Vintage condition, wear consistent with age and use.
Upsala Ekeby glazed jug, from the 1930s-40s. Marked Ekeby 2205.
Upsala-Ekeby was a flagship of Swedish ceramics from the start in 1885. Over the years, the company and its designers presented numerous art pottery and tableware classics.
Around 1920, Upsala-Ekeby began to recruit designers in an effort to raise its artistic standards. The World Exhibition in Paris in 1925 turned out to be an international breakthrough for Swedish utility art, but for Upsala-Ekeby, the breakthrough came later in the 1930s. In the ensuing decades, Upsala-Ekeby would become one of the brightest stars of the Swedish interior design world.
Artist: Unknown
Manufacturer: Uppsala-Ekeby, marked at bottom
Period: 1930's / 1940’s
Origin: Sweden
Material: Earthenware
Dimensions: Height: circa 20 cm
Condition: Vintage condition, wear consistent with age and use.
Upsala Ekeby glazed jug, from the 1930s-40s. Marked Ekeby 2205.
Upsala-Ekeby was a flagship of Swedish ceramics from the start in 1885. Over the years, the company and its designers presented numerous art pottery and tableware classics.
Around 1920, Upsala-Ekeby began to recruit designers in an effort to raise its artistic standards. The World Exhibition in Paris in 1925 turned out to be an international breakthrough for Swedish utility art, but for Upsala-Ekeby, the breakthrough came later in the 1930s. In the ensuing decades, Upsala-Ekeby would become one of the brightest stars of the Swedish interior design world.
Artist: Unknown
Manufacturer: Uppsala-Ekeby, marked at bottom
Period: 1930's / 1940’s
Origin: Sweden
Material: Earthenware
Dimensions: Height: circa 20 cm
Condition: Vintage condition, wear consistent with age and use.
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