Arabia 2 Large Plates Puja Hand Painted

This wonderful very large and rare Art Deco plate made in Sweden 1930s at Gustavsberg factory, was designed by Wilhelm Kåge. The name Argenta comes from the Latin Argentum and indica...

This extra-large bowl ceramic was designed by Sylvia Leuchovius and produced by Rörstrand. This bowl is marked as studio ceramic and are well sculptured with a nice glaze inside the ...

Wonderful midcentury vases and platter produced by Upsala Ekeby Sweden designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson 1951. Wonderful green glace with pattern of artichoke. Very good condition. S...

Large size table lamp (Vase) of a group called "Chamotte". The name indicates the large fragments of chamotte pieces that was put into the vase to give it that spectacular look, they...

This wonderful and modern decorative vase was designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson in the 1940s for Ekeby, Sweden. Its sculptural features and forms are right up to date with any modern hom...

This large, unusual stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand 1950s is gifted with light brown/green/red harefur glaze. And it has that stunning look of Nylunds great craftsmansh...

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics. He was well known for his rich and colourful ornamental dishes, with themes from the fantasy world and fairytales...

Ceramic plate designed by Annikki Hovisaari, manufactured by Arabia, 1950s. Marked. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent with age and use.

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics at the Arabia factory in Finland. He was well known for his ornamental dishes that were rich, colourful and with themes from the fantasy world and fairytales, which actually fought against the idealism of the minimalistic movements in 1950s. Kaipiainen introduced ceramic beads to his art in the 60s' and the surface of the object became more important for Kaipianen´s art. This beautiful unique ceramic plate...

Ceramic plate by Annikki Hovisaari for Arabia, 1950s. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent with age and use.

Birger Kaipiainen saw the world through a surreal and symbolic filter that made it more joyful, flowerful, and certainly more colourful. However, during times of grief, as when he lost his wife Maggi in 1966, he turned to blues, blacks and violets. Another such period was when Kaipiainen lost his dear friend, the Marimekko's founder and designer, Armi Ratia in 1979. Birger and Armi used to spend a lot of time at her legendary Bökars Mansion that had a wonderful veranda adorned with columns and chandeliers. Armi's loss was reflected in a few of Kaipiainen's works from that period. In those works (see last pics of dishes from the book Kaipiainen by Maria Berg) his interpretation of the duality of life and death was obvious. Also the symbolism bridging the two was present (reflection, bridges, boats, flowing waters). We can also see pansy flowers that he frequently used after the loss of his wife. In this unique dish, Kaipiainen used a lot of the above colours and elements, and just as Armi was the soul of their legendary parties, he introduced the golden harp...

This striking triangular modernist studio vase by Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist for Arabia has a rich black glaze with incised decoration. Signed and marked on the...