1900s Two Karen Hagen Hand-Crafted Danish Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke

Set of two hand-crafted Danish art nouveau flower decorated vases by P. Ipsens Enke The art nouveau vases were designed by Axel Sørensen in 1939 and feature very well made lively ...

Hand-crafted Danish Art Nouveau Lybian styled vase by P. Ipsens Enke manufactored from 1875 - 1903 P. Ipsens Enke (1843 - 1955) was a very succesfull Danish manufactorer that especi...

Hand-crafted small Danish Art Nouveau vase/bowl by Axel Jensen for P. Ipsens Enke designed in 1905 The vase is in good vintage condition Ipsens Enke (18...

Hand-crafted Danish Art Nouveau flower decorated vases by West in 1927 for P. Ipsens Enke 1920s handcrafted Danish art nouveau parrot decorated vases by P. Ipsens Enke The art nouv...

Washed in stunning cobalt blue glaze, this vintage pair of French Gres d’Alsace ceramic vases comes from the Alsatian town of Betschdorf which has maintained a unique tradition of ce...

A stunning pair Austrian heliosine iridescent glazed art pottery vases by Karl Rudolf Ditmar (1818-1895). The pair of squat double gourd shaped vases are...

Set of 2 beautiful stoneware vases with amazing glaze. Made by Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Excellent condition. Signed 'Bengtson' / 'HB' and 'R' för Rörstrand. Hertha Bengtson (1917-1993) is one of the well-known representatives of the illustrious Swedish ceramic design of the 20th century. She was one of the leading designers for the Rörstrand factory in the 1950s. Bengtson is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Hertha Bengtson was born in Ysane in Blekinge and grew up on a farm with her four brothers. Her parents were Henning and Asta Bengtson. Her father was a jack-of-all-trades and ran both a mink farm and a shop alongside his farm, which was the least of his interests. Her mother, to whom Hertha Bengtson was very close, was a skilled weaver. Hertha Bengtson's interest in textiles and handicrafts came from her mother. From her grandmother she inherited Scanian country textile knowledge and from her grandmother’s neighbour she learned to tat the Scanian way, without patterns. Upon completing her education at a girls’ school, Hertha Bengtson wanted to become a drawing teacher. However, there was no money to continue her formal education. Hertha Bengtson achieved top marks in drawing and handicrafts and therefore gained a place as a handicrafts teacher at one of the region’s elementary schools. During her time at the girls’ school, she had also taken evening classes in porcelain painting. In 1937 she applied to Hackefors’ porcelain factory in Linköping where she became employed as a pattern designer. Hertha Bengtson was interested in all aspects of the factory and when the men were called up for military service at the outbreak of the Second World War, she became head of her department at age 22. Hertha Bengtson wanted to create her own porcelain. She applied to and became employed at Rörstrand’s porcelain factory in 1941, where she started as a pattern designer but quickly became a master designer. Hertha Bengtson’s ability to combine beauty with function was fundamental to her success as a designer. Her breakthrough came with the innovative blue-and-white tableware...

Ipsen's, Denmark. Art Nouveau vase in hand-painted glazed ceramics. 1920s. Model number 710. Measures: 21 x 16.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.