Dish Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Designhuset, Sweden, 1983

Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. 1960s. Stoneware. Signed. Measurements: H: 6 cm / 2 1/4" Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a child, he dreamed of being a successful painter. He started working for Rorstrand in neighboring Lidkoping at the age of 18. Initially, he decorated ceramic wares as assistant for the leading artist Gunnar Nylund. Carl-Harry decorated Rorstrand’s exclusive Flambé range as well as producing idyllic floral designs. In the mid 1940s, Carl-Harry Stålhane began to develop his own stoneware. He had his first solo exhibition in 1948, impressing the public with an ability to work in most contemporary styles of stoneware. But after studying in Paris in the late 1940s, Carl-Harry found a style that was truly his own. Inspired by the hunger for new products to meet the post-war economic boom, he developed from being a gifted decorator to a first-rate ceramic artist. He was praised for his "column-like, slender-necked stoneware vases with their peach surfaces", as one magazine put it. Spurred on by a deep love of the ceramic wares of the Far East, Carl-Harry liberated himself from the European tradition of ceramics, finding inspiration in foreign cultures, in Picasso and in constructivist art. The 1950s brought major successes: a diploma and a gold medal at Milan Triennials as well as solo exhibitions in Sweden, the UK and the USA. Carl-Harry commenced his career as an industrial designer in 1954. His Blanca tableware — in elegant white porcelain — was much in demand and gained him international prizes. He designed almost everything from numerous table sets decorations to rustic ashtrays. Carl-Harry Stålhane’s production of unique ceramic works of art increased notably in the late 1950s. In 1960 he reached something of a peak with an exhibition at Galerie Blanche in Stockholm. The exhibition showed robustly dark wares that were hailed as the new ceramics...

Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. 1950s. Stoneware. Measures: Height: 3.2 cm / 1 1/4" Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4".

Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Designhuset, Sweden, 1980s Stoneware. Signed. Dimensions: H: 37 cm/ 14 1/2'' Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mar...

Carl-Harry Stålhane Ceiling light designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Porcelain.

Ceiling lamp designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1954. Stoneware. Measurements: H: 52 cm/ 1'9" D: 20 cm/ 8". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the to...

Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1957. Stoneware. Signed. H: 52.5 cm D: 9 cm.

A large Scandinavian Modern “Torro” ceramic dish hand decorated with a blue and black pattern. This dishes are from a collaboration series by Carl Harry Stålhane and Aune Laukkanen f...

A lovely grey, unique bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Designhuset in Lidköping, Sweden. The bowl was made in 1985. It is in very good condition.

A lovely flower pot designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Designhuset in Lidköping, Sweden. The pot is in excellent condition. Carl-Harry Stålhane is one of the top names when it com...

This large bowl is unique, handmade, numbered and signed by Carl-Harry Stålhane himself at Rörstrand during the 1950s. Stålhane later succeeded Gunnar Nylund as artistic leader of Rö...

Carl Harry Stålhane for Designhuset. Large bowl in earthenware with blue and light glaze. 1970s. In perfect condition. Signed. Dimensions: D 33.0 x H 8.5 cm.

These three pieces of ceramics was made in Sweden 1980s for Design Huset and designed by one of the great ceramic’s designers from Sweden, Carl-Harry Stålhane. Wonderful, crafted bowls with that grace of Swedish midcentury pottery...