Deco-rate

Svend Hammershøi was a great Dane who created works of pottery for Kahler in the1930s. This group above feature glazes that are antiqued through a painterly application, giving them a distinctive aged patina. 
13",10", 5.5"

Read More

Copper Keepers

A small selection of our impressive collection of Scandinavian pottery which all incorporate genuine copper in the glazing process. From the studio of Sven Hofverberg, Sweden, 1950s
All smalls l to r 6.5", 5", 6"

Read More

Organic Original

An utterly unique piece of pottery circa 1970 from the studio of Jorgen Mogensen, Denmark. It appears to me to be a sort of hybrid sculpture/freeform vase. There is somthing almost fluid...like cellular mitosis to this design.
8" diameter, 4" high

Read More

Sexy Saxbo

Modernism as mastered in pottery by Saxbo (incised LHE) in the 1940s - reminds me so immediately of the 1920's classic Fritz Lang film Metropolis. 12.5" in diameter

Check out the official restoration trailer:

Read More

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Any regular reader of my blog knows I like to feature a bird or two at Thanksgiving. This year we're serving a fine example of a late 19th century Japanese Kutani porcelain ginger jar in a rare espresso color (we are used to seeing the typical coral background).
9"

Read More

Monkey Business

 

A lesson on the importance of grooming from the Royal Copenhagen master of animal figurative sculpture...Knud Kyhn. As far as we know,  this is the only example of this subject in the United States. Another exists in a museum in Denmark. Stoneware (and as weighty as the name suggests) decorated in his signature Sung Glaze.
Gigantic and heavy at 15" tall and 15" wide.

Read More

Tiled Table Top

This may appear to be a typical mid-century mosaic table at first glance, but it is in fact something quite extraordinary. Each of the 49 panels decorating its top are mint condition individual enamel-on-copper tiles, hand-made by a famed Danish artist named Bodil Eje (1930-2006). Made expressly for sale at the venerable design super-store Illums Bolighus in Copenhagen in the 1950s. The colors range from cobalt, indigo, purple, forest green and hints of lavender, accented with shots gold and of course copper metallic accents. The tiles are set into a rosewood surface on a bronze base (with rosewood tipped legs).
24" x 43" x 19" 

You may be intrigued to dive deeper. For more on the acclaimed design destination check out the  Illums Bolighus website:
http://www.illumsbolighus.com/

Read More