Porsgrund Pia Myrvold - Juli

This is the cup and saucer for July designed by Pia Myrvold for Porsgrund.   Pia is from Stavanger and was one of my cousin's piano students when she was younger - my cousin gave me this set of cups and saucers (July through December).

Dansk Flamestone Demitasse Cup and Saucer

A little demitasse cup and saucer in the Flamestone (Fluted) pattern, introduced by Dansk in 1957 and designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard.  Is it an optical illusion, or does the interior glaze have a greenish tint to it?

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.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  We had a nice dinner of crab cakes and agurksalat (cucumber salad) with a bottle of Duval-Leroy Blanc de Chardonnay 1998 (the same year my partner and I met!).  The glasses are from the Aarne line by Iittala.

And for dessert we had some fantastic nibblies from a French bakery near us, with some Port and espresso.

I noticed that the Millesgården plates by Rörstrand have a different mark on the bottom than the cups and saucers - they also say "Diamant."  The color of the porcelain was also slightly yellower in the plates.  Hmm.

Pia Myrvold - Desember

The December cup and saucer by Porsgrund, designed by Pia Myrvold.

Pia Myrvold - November

My cousin in Stavanger gave us six wonderful Porsgrund cups and saucers with designs by Pia Myrvold.  This is the design for November - we have July through December, and each month is different.

Millesgården by Rörstrand

We bought a set of these Rörstrand cups/saucers and dessert plates at the Millesgården museum in Stockholm during our trip there in 2003.  The design was exclusive to the museum shop, and features a grape motif that was either designed by Carl Milles, or based on one of his designs.

Here is the base of the cup with the Rörstrand logo and "Millesgården."