Figgjo Flint Grill

A small square dish in the Grill pattern, designed by Turi Gramstad Oliver for Figgjo Flint.  She may be my favorite designer there.

Rörstrand Picknick

We just found this Rörstrand Picknick dish at a local thrift store!  I believe it was designed by Marianne Westman, and produced between 1960 and 1970.

Stavangerflint by Inger Waage

This rectangular dish was designed by Inger Waage for Stavangerflint and is part of the Opaque series, also called the Inger series.  The design is matte, with the only glaze colors being black and blue.  The mark on the back of this one has a nice clear example of the mysterious date star around the Stavangerflint logo.

Stavangerflint Stavanger Dish

Souvenir dish from Stavanger, made by Stavangerflint. I'm not sure who the designer of this is, although I'm pretty sure it isn't Inger Waage.

Elle Oval Dish

I love the monochromatic glazes on this Elle dish, with just a little touch of yellow along the outer rim. 

I was looking at this dish recently and thought that those rock formations looked familiar.  Then I realized they're pretty similar to the two rocky islands on this other plate, also designed by Harald Lahn.  I wonder if this was the view from Harald's favorite spot on the shore... now I'd love to find them in the real world!

Figgjo Flint Clupea Dish

A small dish in the Clupea pattern, designed by Turi Gramstad Oliver for Figgjo Flint.

Stavangerflint Norrøna

We got a set of Norrøna dishes for a steal recently, because you can never have too many dishes.  They were designed by Inger Waage.  Not all of them are marked on the bottom - the cups only say "Norway" and a shape number.

Carl Olaf Olsen

We found this dish at an antique store today.  I googled the name and found that he is still working and has a shop in Sandnes.  Can't wait to visit when I'm back in Norway!  

I love the simple form and rich glazes.  The circle motif on the outside caused little dimples on the inside, creating a nice pattern in the glaze.

Carl Olaf Olsen, Keramisk verksted, Stavanger, Norway
Carl Olaf Olsen, ceramic workshop, Stavanger, Norway

Figgjo Flint Saga Dish

Royal Copenhagen Baca Dish

A small dish that is part of the Baca line by Royal Copenhagen, designed by Nils Thorsson.

Figgjo and Stavangerflint Shelf

Some Turi Design vases by Figgjo (Turi Gramstad Oliver was the artist), and two souvenir dishes by Stavangerflint designed by Inger Waage - one with the whole country of Norway shown; and the other with the Pulpit Rock (the Preikestolen), which near Stavanger on the Lysefjorden - the bottom of that dish reads "The Lyse Fjord Pulpit."

Nymolle Viking Invaders Dish

Another in the series of Viking invader dishes by Nymolle Art Faience of Denmark.  The artist is Paul Høyrup.

Figgjo Flint Turi Dish

A large, oddly shaped dish by Figgjo, designed by Turi Gramstad Oliver.

 

Elle Egg-shaped Dish

A uniquely shaped dish by Elle.

One drawback of the Elle pieces is that they are very susceptible to chipping.  We had this only a few days and accidentally knocked it against something, resulting in a little glaze chip. :(  Many of the pieces that belonged to my grandma are chipped, too - but that's just a sign of a well-loved and well-used piece of pottery.

Figgjo Flint - Small Saga Dish

A small square dish with a fiddle player (a hardingfele?).  The back is marked with the Figgjo logo, Norsk Design, and Saga, and has the number 2169 impressed in the clay.  It also has a hole for wire so it can be hung on a wall, as many of these pieces do.

Viking Invaders

At first glance, this looks like a nice scene of some farmers with Viking ships in the distance, but then you notice the people at the beach fleeing in terror.  I love this little dish.  It's part of a set, so now I have another collecting goal.

The pottery company is Nymolle Art Faience of Denmark, and the designer is Paul Høyrup.

Gunnar Nylund Dish by Rörstrand

This small dish is our first piece of Gunnar Nylund, found today at a local antique shop (along with several other Scandinavian pieces of ceramics). It's surprisingly heavy and thick-walled, and I love the organic glaze, simple leaf design, and arrowhead shape.

Etched by hand on the bottom are the Rörstrand "R" with three crowns, the artist's initials (GN), Sweden, and the shape number (either ASZ or A5Z).

Porsgrund "The Old Story"

The middle dish was my grandma's, and it wasn't until recently that I discovered it was part of a set.  The three dishes were made by the Porsgrund porcelain company and are called "The Old Story."  The first shows a couple like Adam and Eve, complete with apple tree and snake.  Next the couple have a small child, a house, and a cat.  Finally, the couple is older and joined by their children and grandchildren.  The dishes were designed by Anne Marie Odegaard and Konrad Galaaen and are glazed in a flow-blue-like glaze.  Apparently the three dishes were sold together in a box with a short poem called "The Old Story."

Each of my three dishes has a different mark on the back.  Each dish has the Porsgrund logo with the anchor, PP, and Norway.  The other two dishes have the years of manufacture:  70 and 68.  Each dish also has it's code number:  All of them have M.2303; under that they have (from left to right) D.78009, D.78010, and D.78011.

Figgjo

I grew up with a few pieces of Figgjo Flint ceramics that my parents and grandma had, but it wasn't until going to the factory store and small museum in Figgjo, Norway this year that the Saga pattern really made an impact (and current collecting obsession).

Figgjo merged with Stavangerflint in 1968.