Tilgmans table lamp ceramic Sweden 1960s

Swedish ceramic table by Tilgmans Keramik. Exterior glazed to depict fishes and seaweed.

Good condition. Without lampshade.

Diameter : 13 cm - Height : 30 cm.

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.