Set of 4 Stainless Steel Bowls in original box by Erik Magussen for Stelton (1960s)

Erik Magnussen for Stelton -  Set of Four Stainless Steel Bowls (1960s, Original Box)
A beautifully preserved, unused set of four round stainless-steel bowls designed by Erik Magnussen for Stelton, complete with their original 1960s box - a rare find and a perfect example of Scandinavian modernist utility.

This set includes:
• Four 15cm round stainless-steel bowls
• Original Stelton packaging with period graphics and labels
• Produced in Denmark, 1960s

The bowls are classic Magnussen: simple, functional, and refined. The stainless steel is weighty with a soft brushed finish, and each bowl nests neatly within the others. Whether used for serving, displayed as sculptural objects, or kept as part of a design collection, they embody the clean, industrial aesthetic that defined Stelton’s mid-century output.

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About Erik Magnussen (1940–2014)

Erik Magnussen was one of Denmark’s most influential industrial designers, known for his restrained, fluid forms and uncompromising functionalism. Trained as a ceramicist at the School of Applied Arts and Design in Copenhagen, Magnussen moved seamlessly between materials - ceramics, metal, glass, and plastics - but always with the same design ideology: clarity, precision, and usability.

His most iconic work is the Stelton EM77 vacuum jug (1977), a piece that became a Danish design classic and remains in production today. Magnussen received numerous awards, including the Lunning Prize and the Red Dot Design Award, and his work is held in major museum collections worldwide.

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About Stelton

Founded in 1960 by Niels Stellan Høm and Carton Madelaire, Stelton became internationally recognised for its stainless-steel tableware during the 1960s and ’70s. The company’s breakthrough came with the Cylinda-Line (1967), designed by Arne Jacobsen — a modular series of brushed-steel bar and table pieces that set the aesthetic direction for decades of Stelton products.

Through collaborations with Erik Magnussen, Peter Holmblad, and Arne Jacobsen, Stelton established itself as a leader of Danish modern design: minimal, architectural, and built to last. Mid-century boxed sets like this are increasingly difficult to find, as most were used heavily and seldom retained with their original packaging.

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Condition

• Bowls: excellent vintage condition, unused
• Box: very good, light age-related wear to edges
A rare opportunity to acquire a complete Magnussen set exactly as it would have been sold in the 1960s.