The 18th century beaker-shaped drinking glasses are very rare. Occasionally, you can see a specimen at quality auctions in Stockholm. A few glasses are also preserved in Swedish museum collections.
The glasses are similar in shape to silver goblets from the same period. They have the same trumpet shape, they have the same folded mouth rim and the clearly marked heel is also similar to the foot of the silver goblets. There is no mistaking that beaker glasses are a more everyday version of silver goblets, even though glass goblets, like porcelain plates, were already a great luxury in the 18th century. What is surprising, however, is that so few beaker glasses have survived, compared with, for example, wine glasses on feet. Perhaps this is because glass goblets were considered simpler than glasses on feet and were used more frequently, which meant they broke more often.
Our beakers are hand-blown and therefore as individual as the originals. The glass mass varies with uneven thickness, streaks, stripes and sometimes blisters. The dot mark under the heel shows where the glassblower’s pipe was located. The folded rim is also a typical 18th-century detail.
Gysinge beakers are available in three sizes. A large one for beer or juice. A medium size for wine, water or milk. And a small nubb glass.
All three glasses are suitable as vases. The first tussilion in the tassel glass, a bunch of white or blue anemones in the wine glass, or a bouquet of summer flowers in the beer glass.
EUR25.14
The glasses are similar in shape to silver goblets from the same period. They have the same trumpet shape, they have the same folded mouth rim and the clearly marked heel is also similar to the foot of the silver goblets. There is no mistaking that beaker glasses are a more everyday version of silver goblets, even though glass goblets, like porcelain plates, were already a great luxury in the 18th century.
What is surprising, however, is that so few beaker glasses have survived, compared with, for example, wine glasses on feet. Perhaps this is because glass goblets were considered simpler than glasses on feet and were used more frequently, which meant they broke more often.
Available in three different sizes. A large one for beer or juice. A medium size for wine, water or milk. And a small nubb glass. All three glasses are suitable as vases. The first tussilion in the nubb glass, a bunch of white or blue anemones in the wine glass, or a bouquet of summer flowers in the beer glass.
EUR41.59
Beautiful hand-turned bowl in white or gray. The height is 8 cm, diameter 17 cm. The glaze is also made by hand, hence the beautiful shimmering surface.
Hand-turned breakfast bowl in terracotta clay. White or gray glazed with wiped edge.
Dishwasher safe.
EUR22.39
White or gray hand-turned spill bowl in terracotta clay. The perfect whisk bowl! Also great as a fruit bowl. Available in three different sizes.
EUR29.71 – EUR88.20
The glasses are similar in shape to silver goblets from the same period. They have the same trumpet shape, they have the same folded mouth rim and the clearly marked heel is also similar to the foot of the silver goblets. There is no mistaking that beaker glasses are a more everyday version of silver goblets, even though glass goblets, like porcelain plates, were already a great luxury in the 18th century. What is surprising, however, is that so few beakers have survived, compared with, for example, wine glasses on feet. Perhaps this is because glass goblets were considered simpler than glasses on Our goblet glasses are hand-blown and they were used more frequently and therefore broke more often.
Available in three sizes. A large one for beer or juice. A medium size for wine, water or milk. And a small nubb glass. All three glasses are suitable as vases. The first tussilion in the nubb glass, a bunch of white or blue anemones in the wine glass, or a bouquet of summer flowers in the beer glass.
EUR33.36
Napkin in “poor man’s suit”. Robust napkins for everyday and festive use.
Until the 1980s, Gysinge was a nursing home run by the county council. To create employment for the 60 or so mentally ill people who stayed at the home, there was, among other things, a weaving room. Many of the inmates spent a long time in the weaving room, which gave them a more meaningful existence – and the county council a cash injection.
At the home, real fabrics were woven, not therapy work in the modern, negative sense. For example, all the curtains, tablecloths and napkins were woven for the reopening of Gysinge Manor in the 1960s.
This fabric is a so-called sole weave (the pattern looks like a sole – but only appears after washing!), woven to order for a guesthouse in Järvsö in the 60s.
The weaving method is also called poor man’s cloth, a weaving method that produced a fabric that looks much more exclusive than it really is. The weaving method is very old and produces a highly absorbent and durable fabric. The fabric is most beautiful if you mangle it, then the shiny linen threads in the weft are emphasized, against the duller warp of cotton. The quality only becomes more beautiful the more you wear the fabric.
EUR17.82
Deep plate of rococo model that is made by hand, especially for Gysinge. The plates are made of thin, strong stoneware and glazed by hand in a beige-white 18th century glaze with a glossy, vibrant and changing surface. The plates are available in three models, flat, deep and plate.
FactsStoneware. Dishwasher safe. Withstands oven heat. Soup plate 225 mm.
EUR49.81
Rococo style dinner plates made by hand, especially for Gysinge. The plates are made of thin, strong stoneware and glazed by hand in a beige-white 18th-century glaze with a glossy, vibrant and changing surface. The plates are available in three models, flat, deep and plate.
FactsStoneware. Dishwasher safe. Withstands oven heat. Food plate, diam 275 mm
Rococo-style plate made by hand, especially for Gysinge. The plates are made of thin, strong stoneware and glazed by hand in a beige-white 18th-century glaze with a glossy, vibrant and changing surface. The plates are available in three models, flat, deep and plate.
FactsStoneware. Dishwasher safe. Withstands oven heat. Diameter 19 cm.
EUR39.76
Roller blind fabric runner. Coarse linen fabric. Kyper technique.
This rustic fabric, woven especially for Gysinge, comes from a farm in Hälsingland and dates from the early 1800s.
The fabrics are shuttle-woven on old-fashioned looms, resulting in smooth, fine and strong selvedges that do not need to be hemmed or cut.
This fabric is a quality product that gets more and more beautiful the more you use it and wash it.
EUR52.10
Roller blind fabric runner. Coarse linen fabric. Cypress technique.
The model for this rustic fabric, which is woven especially for Gysinge, comes from a farm in Hälsingland and dates from the early 1800s.The roller blind fabrics are woven with a shuttle in old-fashioned looms and therefore have smooth, fine and strong selvedges, which do not need to be hemmed or cut.
Also available by the meter and as ready-made towels.
EUR19.19
