Description:

Carl-Harry Stålhane and Aune Laukkanen for Rörstrand, large Torro dish in faience.

Long, boat-shaped dish with white glaze and a wide central band of blue, grey and yellow geometric patterns. Marked.

Origin: Sweden.
Designer: Carl-Harry Stålhane (form) and Aune Laukkanen (decoration).
Material: Faience.
Dimensions: H. 8 cm, W. 18 cm, L. 60 cm.
Period: 1950s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear. Small insignificant chip on the backside.

Bio:
Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920–1990) was a Swedish ceramicist, designer, sculptor and painter. He joined Rörstrand as a decorative painter in 1939, studied at Grünewald’s art school and at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, and in the 1950s succeeded Gunnar Nylund as artistic director at the factory. In 1973 he left Rörstrand and founded his own company, Designhuset. Together with Aune Laukkanen, who was responsible for the decoration, he created the Spanish-inspired Torro faience series in the early 1950s.