HILMA PERSSON-HJELM. Vase, own workshop, Arvika, signed and dated 1921.

Earthenware with decor in relief. Signed HPH, 1921 8594. Height 17,5 cm.

Immediately after graduating from the Technical School (now Konstfack) in 1899, Hilma Persson-Hjelm (1877-1953) was employed at Rörstrand as a model maker, and remained there until 1907 when she moved home to Arvika and opened her own workshop. There she created artistic earthenware with plant motifs in relief, which she attracted attention with, for example, at the Art and Industry Exhibition in Stockholm in 1909.

- Information partly taken from the book Excursions in Art Nouveau, by Magnus Palm, Markus Dimdal and Göran Bratt (2021).