Tilgmans, Table Lamp, Stoneware, Sweden, 1960s

A red and brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 16.5” H x 5.2” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inche...

A brown and yellow-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14.25” H x 8” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inc...

Beautiful large stoneware table lamp in semi Brutalist style by Tilgmans Keramic from Sweden. The given dimensions are the total dimensions including the shade. The original shade sh...

Unique hand decorated Swedish mid-century modern ceramic lamp attributed to Tilgmans Keramik. One yellow, one rose colored bird sitting on a branch with light green leaves on blue/black sgraffito striped background. Black and white top and bottom part. Signature on a leaf. Beautiful vintage condition. Sweden, 1960s. Paul Harald “Harry” 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 colored 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. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...