Ceramic Table Lamp from Tilgmans, Sweden, 1960s

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Swedish ceramic table by Tilgmans Keramik.
Exterior glazed to depict personage.
Good condition, without lampshade.

Paul Harald Tilgmann was born … Read more Swedish ceramic table by Tilgmans Keramik.
Exterior glazed to depict personage.
Good condition, without lampshade.

Paul Harald Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light coloured glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme.Tilgmans Keramik remains some of the most popular and sought after artistic ceramic pieces in Scandinavia. This piece has an attribution mark,
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