THE DANCE COVERED BOWL

Details

Aron Jerndahl (Swedish, 1858-1936)
The Dance Covered Bowl
designed 1903, produced 1907 by Schreuder & Olsson, Stockholm, pewter
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, 11½ in. (29 cm.) diameter
stamped maker's marks, date-code for 1907 (underside)

Literature

ed. D. R. McFadden, Scandinavian Modern Design 1880-1980, New York, 1983, p. 75, pl. 48 (example illustrated)

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Lot Essay

The handles are formed as couples dancing to the fiddler who composes the finial of the cover, the perimeter of the bowl marked by figures seduced by the swirl of dance. With this nationalistic design Jerndahl fuses Jugend design with folk culture. An example is in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

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