David Oscarson Carl Milles Marriage of the Waters

Born Carl Wilhelm Andersson, son of lieutenant Emil "Mille" Andersson, Carl Milles was arguably Sweden’s most prominent sculptor in the 20th century. His father’s nickname “Mille” inspired Carl and his siblings to adopt Milles as their family name when they became adults. 

During the first half of the 20th century, Milles dominated the Swedish art world. 
Unique to the Milles collection is the merging of two colors of hot enamel, which usually requires an outlined border of silver as different colors require different temperatures of kiln-firing. Also unique to this collection is the meandering current of the double-lined diamond-cut guilloche pattern underneath the enamel that captures the essence of merging waters, much like the Mississippi and Missouri where they meet in St. Louis.

David Oscarson Carl Milles Marriage of the Waters

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