Keramikk

Ceramics (and more) of Scandinavia

Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year

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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...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

1967 Porsgrund Bowl

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This bowl, dated 1967, belonged to my grandma.  It has great vibrant colors that would be at home with many of the traditional Mediterran...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Figgjo Flint Saga Pitcher

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Bing and Grøndahl Drop Ornament

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The Bing and Grøndahl ornament from 1986, and a wooden Viking ship ornament.
Monday, December 27, 2010

Lisa Larson Lion

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I gave this to my partner for Christmas.  The bottom is unmarked, but I have seen others that are stamped in the clay "L Larson Gust...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Emerging from Christmas

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My partner surprised me with the Figgjo book ("Formet av Entusiasme Gjennom 60 År: 1941-2001" (literal translation, hmmm: ...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Wooden Christmas

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Nisse Ornament

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I may be cheating, because I don't know if this is actually Scandinavian, but it looks like it so that should count for something.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bing and Grøndahl Drop Ornament

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The 2002 Bing and Grøndahl ornament.
Monday, December 20, 2010

Porsgrund Coffee Mugs

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More snow today!  We had some post-shoveling hot cocoa.  The Porsgrund mugs in the Farmers Rose pattern were my grandma's. It's...
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Norseman
Minnesota, United States
Despite growing up in the US, my youth had a very Norwegian slant to it. I was surrounded by these quirky midcentury ceramic designs from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland -- Stavangerflint, Figgjo, Porsgrund, Bing & Grøndahl -- and took them all for granted. And not just pottery - bits of Scandinavia cropped up everywhere, from teak to pewter. This is where I'd like to share them.
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