Yngling Candlestick
The pewter candlestick depicting an Archaic youth was designed by Anna Petrus for Svenskt Tenn in 1927. When creating the pewter candlestick, she was inspired by the so-called “Archaic smile” – one of the most distinctive features in Greek art. The Archaic smile was a kind, enigmatic smile that often appeared on sculptures and bas-reliefs during the Archaic period in ancient Greece (700-480 BC) when youngsters were often used as subjects. Anna Petrus used this feature to create the youth in pewter as a candlestick, figurine, vase and pincushion. The pewter candlestick was shown at, among other places, the Building and Home exhibition at Liljevalchs art gallery in Stockholm in 1928.
