Re: Rorstrand 'Oliv' series centrepiece bowl

by **Nic** on Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:04 pm

'Oliv' series centrepiece bowl with moulded foot. Quite impressive that they spent time decorating it to the underside, even though no one would ever see if whilst in use.

No designer marks, and Googling yields nothing useful. Anyone know the designer and/or age? I'm always out of my comfort zone when it comes to pottery and the like.

by **Nic** on Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:38 pm

Just split this from the main Rorstrand thread because it's more 'ID me' than 'show and tell'...

by **big ed** on Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:00 am

Don't know Nic, it looks 1950's to me and they had an army of designers to choose from , Ed

by **Pip** on Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:01 pm

Possibly Gunvor Olin Gonquist (spelling might be iffy) - sometimes his items are marked with a 'GOG' on the back but not always - this green seems to be a colour he/she used a lot. Might be worth investigating even if just to rule out.

by **Nic** on Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:21 pm

Just spotted this here:

http://monstermonstret.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

It attributes the design to Gunnar Nylund, c.1950/60, but I've not been able to back up this claim elsewhere online.

I searched for Gunvor Olin Gronquist, but couldn't find any reference to this series.

by twenty21 on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:48 am

I think the attribution to Gunnar Nylund is based on the fact that he did similar bowls with a radiating pattern for Nymolle - see my posting in the Nymolle thread

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=19&u=12545341

However, the base is slightly different and Gunnar tended to use matt glazes.