Vintage set of 6 knives Carelia series. Knife handle is silver-plated, which is less common in that series. The knife blade is stainless steel.
Iconic Scandinavian design cutlery series Carelia, designed by Bertel Gardberg in 1960s. Made in impressive minimalist Midcentury style, which consedered as a classics of Scandinavian cutlery now.
Length is 21 cm. Slight traces of use consistent with the age of the pieces. Marked: Hackman Design Gardberg.
Why buy vintage cutlery by Bertel Gardberg?
Bertel Gardberg was one of the creators of a new modernist style cutlery in Europe. He received both the Lunning Prize and the Pro Finlandia medal in 1961. He was awarded gold medals at the Milan Triennale in 1954 and 1957 - most prestigious design award that time, and was later named an academician of art in 1982. In 1991 he was honored with the Nordic Prince Eugen Medal.
