Bronze vase with tropical woman motif by Stjärn Metall.

Stjärn Metall was a prominent metalware workshop in Sweden that produced decorative items during the early to mid-twentieth century. These pieces were created to satisfy a growing demand for stylish home accessories featuring exotic or figurative motifs that captured the imagination of the public. They were made using bronze casting techniques.

Families used these decorative vessels in their living rooms and parlours to hold dried flowers or small decorative branches on side tables and mantelpieces. As interior design tastes shifted away from ornate metallic knick-knacks toward clean modernist styles after the Second World War.