Kockums - Casserole with lid - Sweden - Model: Frestelse - cast iron, enamel

A beautiful enameled cast iron casserole with an exquisite floral decoration from the 1960s.

Designed and manufactured by Kockum Sweden in the 1960s.

The model is called Frestelse, which means "Temptation".

Hallmark: Kockum Sweden

Excellent vintage condition.

Height: 12 cm / 4.7 in

Width: 24.5 cm / 9.6 in

Kockums Emaljerverk was an enamelware company with a factory in the center of Ronneby, right on the Ronneby River, which exported its products to many countries around the world. The dishes could be anything from mugs and saucers to buckets and jugs in various color combinations. Often the vessels had a dominant surface colour – white, cream, red or yellow, with a decorative band around the rim or lid.

The enamel factory was part of Kockums Jernverks AB, which, like Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, was controlled by the Kockum family.

Production began in 1893, and enamelled tinware was produced, mainly for household utensils such as sinks, jugs, buckets, but also for medical equipment such as basins, bowls and much more. The factory's heyday was in the 1930s. Competition from plastic eventually became too much for the enamel factory. The last product manufactured was a frying pan in the 1970s. Initially, the products were produced in white with a blue stripe, but later other colors appeared: in 1935, the Cream Lux series was released in light yellow with a green stripe.