Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby, bird, model 0193.
Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby, bird, model 0193.
Egg-shaped ceramic bird figure with a glossy red glaze and impressed relief decoration of circles and stylised feathers, standing on legs of unglazed brown clay. Model 0193. Marked.
Origin: Sweden.
Designer: Mari Simmulson.
Material: Ceramic.
Dimensions: H. 15 cm, W. 10 cm.
Period: Approx. 1960s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.
Bio:
Mari Simmulson (1911–2000) was an Estonian-Swedish ceramicist and sculptor, born in Saint Petersburg. She trained in Tallinn and Munich and came to Sweden as a refugee in 1944. From 1949 to 1972 she was a designer at Upsala-Ekeby, where she mainly created figures as well as vases and bowls, often in the factory’s dark clay with painted glazes.
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