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Monday, 7 January 2013

More Martha

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
A lovely way to start the new year...with an editorial in this month's Martha Stewart Living on all things Scandinavian...
3 mottled glaze ceramics, all by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand, Sweden 1950s
from l to r: Blue spherical vase from Marsellis, Sweden, 1940s
Small bud vase from Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden 1950s
Blue vase by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Denmark 1950s
Bowl from Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden 1950s
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