Keramikk

Ceramics (and more) of Scandinavia

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Graverens Fruit Pattern

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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...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Dansk Staved Teak Bowl

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Staved teak bowl by Dansk and designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard.  I love how the shape of the bowl looks like a letter "O." ...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Knud Kyhn Bears

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Three bears designed by Knud Kyhn and made by Royal Copenhagen.  The numbers on the bottom are 21432, 21433, and (I think) 21435. ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Stavangerflint Stavanger Dish

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Souvenir dish from Stavanger, made by Stavangerflint. I'm not sure who the designer of this is, although I'm pretty sure it isn...
Monday, August 1, 2011

Figgjo Flint Huset Plaque

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This is the Huset pattern, another fun Figgjo Flint pattern by Turi Gramstad Oliver.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Ignis Bellis Sauce Pot

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This is my first piece of the Ignis Bellis pattern by Upsala Ekeby/Karlskrona.... danger: it might be my new obsession.  It's such ...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Taisto Kaasinen Vikings

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Our Taisto Kaasinen Viking family continues to grow - we just found the metal one in the front.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Norway

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Thinking of Norway this morning and the unbelievable events of yesterday...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Knud Basse Ferret

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We won this on from a Canadian on eBay the day before the postal strike started, so it took quite a while to get here.  It's pretty c...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Michael Andersen Å Kirke Font

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This Michael Andersen piece is pretty faithful recreation of the baptismal font in the Å Kirke in Åkirkeby, Denmark on the island of Born...
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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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