More and more, I am turning into my mom, loving porcelain and getting excited when I visit shops of the original porcelain town. Gustavsberg is only 20 minutes by car off of city central Stockholm. I believe the green leave Bersa collection is most well seen at department stores worldwide. The designs are very typical Swedish, simple and homey, and I must add, a pattern that people outside of Europe would want Scandinavian design to be.
It seems the company itself has been sold off in pieces in the 1990s, so the company Gustavsberg founded in 1826 no longer exists. But apparently artisans continue to produce in the Gustavsberg tradition and that's what we see today.
The museum had all the plates from its start as well as gigantic vase contributions to world expos including one such in Bogota more than 100 years ago. The video footage of how they used to print patterns showed a surprisingly similar method of how Japanese wood block prints were made.
Unfortunately, the antique shops around town were closed today (mostly only open during weekends in winter time, and open all week in the summer), but I managed to go to two outlet stores in town. Do visit!
Gustavsberg Museum
Odelbergs väg 5B13440GustavsbergSweden
Telephone number: +46 8 570 356 58
