Stavangerflint Snack Set

Four of these fantastic snack sets with Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa's Viking design on them. I haven't seen this peaceful, relaxed viking with a flower on any other pieces before, and also didn't know that they made a snack set in this pattern. We also have another snack set with the same plate and mug shapes, but a design by Anne Lofthus.

Stolt Margit

We finally found the last Stolt Margit plate that we need. The line was designed by Anne Lofthus for Stavangerflint.

Happy New Year!

My partner and I spent a quiet New Year's Eve at home with duck a l'orange and farro, and dessert in front of the fireplace from a pastry shop nearby.  We're sort of home-bodies, but one of my New Year's resolutions is: more dinner parties!  ...at least one a month seems reasonable - and then we'll get to use our dinnerware more often. :)

About the pictures:  It was sort of a Danish/Finnish night.  We used our Nissen Rune dishes and Dansk Fjord silverware, both designed by Jens Quistgaard.  The glassware is Iittala - Ultima Thule for the water, Aarne champagne flutes, and Essence cordial glasses for a dessert wine (I found out recently that we can no longer get the cordial size in the Essence pattern, although they are still on the Iittala website (where they are called "Sweet Wine")).  Dessert is on a Dansk teak tray (also Quistgaard).

The little red espresso cups were a Christmas present from my parents by Heath Ceramics.  I love how Heath fits in so nicely with Scandinavian design.

Fall into Winter

The end of the year certainly has a lot going on!  Between Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's, the mundane parts of life seem to have taken over.  I'm also starting to wonder if my focus here on ceramics is too limiting, and if that's why my updates here have been so sparse of late.  As I look around my house, I realize there are Scandinavian influences everywhere - so, I think in the new year I'm going to start sharing a little bit more than just ceramics (well, I'm going to make it official...I've already had a few non-pottery posts).  

About these pictures:  We used a few different Dansk candleholders for the first time - the brass candlesticks in early December, and the taper crown for Christmas dinner.  

We also completed our collection of Lisa Larson Advent candleholders.  The marks on the bases are not all the same:  the boys have the original Gustavsberg marks, but the girls are marked Rörstrand.  

Christmas Eve dinner was at my parents' house on their lovely Porsgrund Hearts and Pines.

Stavangerflint Souvenir from Stavanger

Souvenir Stavanger plate made by Stavangerflint and designed by Kari Nyquist.

Figgjo Flint TV Snack Sets

When I first saw these on eBay I became obsessed, and then I won them!  The design with the televisions, antennae, power cord, and musical notes - and the one shape toward the top that looks like a weird bird - is so fantastic and is the perfect representation of when TV was still somewhat of a novelty.

Graverens Fruit Pattern

This is a new small plate in the fruit pattern by Graverens that I just found.  Each of the three pieces are marked with a number for the fruit pattern (417E) on the bottom, with the first number being the shape number.  The two previous posts are here and here.

Stavangerflint Inger Waage

A Stavangerflint plate with design by Inger Waage.  The lute-playing man is almost the identical silkscreen outline that is on the vase we have.

Graverens Fruit Plate

This Graverens plate has the same design as the three-footed bowl I posted a while back. Based on the numbers on the bottom, the design seems to be #417E, and the shape of this plate is #788.

Elle Plates

I recently got these four Elle plates, all shape number 550 but with different decos.

I love this one, designed by Birgitte Skyttern.

These two (above and below) have the same pattern but different colors, and are by Harald Lahn.

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.

Marianne Starck Plate

Designed by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen & Son of Denmark.

Elle Norway Plate 2

Another Elle plate - same shape number, design, designer, and decorator as the previous post, just different colors.

Elle Norway Plate

Sometimes it looks like the quality of the decorations on the front are reflected in the penmanship of the marks on the back...

Stavangerflint Barneserviset

We had Easter dinner at my cousin's house, and she showed me this children's dish set that my grandma gave to her as a baby.  It was designed by Anne Lofthus and came in (at least) two versions, one in Norwegian and one in English.  The stencil of my cousin's set has also been reversed, compared to the set that is pictured on this page (which is in Norwegian).

Stavangerflint Anne Lofthus Håvamål Plate

Another large Stavangerflint plate by Anne Lofthus with text from the Håvamål.

Stavangerflint Anne Lofthus Plate

I love the Anne Lofthus designs for Stavangerflint that have a very traditional style but still with a mid-century feel.  This one has a proverb (ordtak) in Norwegian about plowing, fishing, and wind (I haven't quite figured out the translation yet).

Elle Norway Plate

Another of my plates with the stylized flowers designed by MI (or M1?). This one is larger than yesterday's and had a different painter - I like the work of "S" on this plate a little bit more!  

Elle Norway Plate

I have a few plates with this simple floral design, and I really like them. Based on my understanding of the back markings, the shape number for this size plate is 550; the original designer is "MI" (their initials?); and the person who actually painted this piece is "P."  I saw another example of this plate and design with identical markings but a different painter, and both places had the number 2113, so I wonder if that is the number of this particular design-?

I have two other examples in yellow that I'll post in the coming days.

Souvenir Sandnes Plates by Figgjo

My grandma brought these souvenir plates back from one of her trips to Norway, probably in the 1950s based on the mark on the back.  They each say "Greetings from Sandnes."  I think this is the first time I've seen a Figgjo Flint sticker, too.