Vintage mid century Swedish ceramic candle holder ‘POLICEMAN’ from JIE Gantofta Sweden

£12.50

Vintage mid century Swedish ceramic candle holder ‘POLICEMAN’ from JIE Gantofta Sweden.

Jie Gantofta Keramik was founded in 1942 in Helsingborg by John Ewert ‘Jie’ Johnson and initially produced small wooden objects that were furnished with glass or ceramics. The company expanded rapidly and moved to a larger location in Gantofta in 1944. As from 1952, Johnson started to produce ceramics for household use, at first according to traditional methods, but soon the products were manufactured by means of casting moulds and then painted by hand by several designers, such as Ella Bergstrand and Anita Nylund. When this technique became too expensive, the factory began to use silk-screen prints in order to apply decorations to its products. All designs by Anita Nylund were applied according to this method, although the pottery was still produced by Jie himself. In the mid 60s, the company stopped the production of household goods and switched to the manufacturing of decorative goods. The first designer who was hired for that reason was Elsi Bourelius. She mainly designed female figures made of ceramics. The production of wooden objects, however, remained an important discipline for Jie and lasted until well into the 80s.
Aimo Nietosvuori started working as a designer at Jie in 1967. The decorative tiles he made for the company, became bestsellers. Many designers launching new products followed him with varying success until the 80s, such as Annika Kihlman, Solveig en Siegfried Uelzhöfer, Maria Ericson, Edith Risberg and Bengt Nilsson. Staffan Johnson returned to his father’s company and started working as a designer. His interest in ornithology resulted in many designs representing birds. In 1992, Jie Gantofta celebrated its 50th anniversary, but later that year the company went bankrupt and production was transferred abroad, especially to Portugal.

  • Height – 8 cm
  • Diameter -6 cm
  • Candle space diameter – 5 cm
  • Manufacturer – JIE Gantofta Sweden
  • Made in Sweden
  • Material – white clay
  • Condition – great / signs of age may appear / crazing on the glaze / see images

UK delivery: 4-7 days (£5.50)

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Dave
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Glassware was well packaged

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Genevieve Gill
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Very good, pleased with the whole experience, was worried about the courier, heard bad things about them, but they were ok in the end. And I love my i...
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Bente
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Anonymous
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Very, very pleased!

11 months ago
Erica
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5/5

Beautiful cake platter, exactly as it showed on the pictures. Fast delivery and very well packed in cardboard, without using any plastic wrapping!

11 months ago
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12 months ago
Monica
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Delivered promptly.

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Mary J McGorrin
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Brilliant company. Beautiful products. Love them.

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