Rörstrand FORMA Series Eternal Beauty

Good design is eternal and Rörstrand of Sweden has several timeless designs. In my opinion, Rörstränd series FORMA is definitely one of them. The series designed by Olle Alberius in the 1960's is beautiful with clean minimalist lines in off-white shade of stoneware decorated with delicate texture which look like fish scales and has strong geometrical accents. The creamer is decorated with a simple horizontal brown line and the teapot brown lid makes a bolder accent. 

When I found those I had three pieces to choose from: two teapot and a creamer. After careful observation I decided to take only two and the largest teapot had a small damage (chip) on the lid. It is so heartbreaking to leave such a unique piece behind but I left the larger teapot behind. I am glad I got to keep these two pieces and list them in our shop. 

These two are in very good vintage condition without any stains on the inside. No chips, no cracks and no hairlines.  The creamer can hold circa 150ml and is 8cm high, bottom diameter of 6,5cm. Weight unpackaged is 170g. The small teapot (there is a larger teapot in this series) weights 555g and is 10 high with a bottom diameter of 11cm. 

These pieces are available at our Etsy shop and you can go check them by clicking the links to: Creamer and teapot

Carstens Tönnieshof, Arabia of Finland and Pukeberg of Sweden - Some of the pieces I said goodbye to recently...

Hello there. 

Today I have a  quick post to pay honor to the pieces I had to say goodbye in the last couple of months. Sold them in our Etsy store. Those were hard goodbyes as I simply loved all three pieces I show you here. They were all in perfect condition and who wouldn't want to buy them, right? So, off they went. They've traveled the world to their new homes and owners, to beautify their lives.

First piece on the line of hard goodbyes is this stunning mid century modern West German ceramic vase, jug vase style. Pictures will never do this piece any justice because this vase is more than beautiful, it is fabulous with a textured matte glaze in a dark blackish-grey and a beautiful shiny blue encasing glaze. This vase was most likely produced by former West German manufacturer Carstens Tönnieshof Pottery. Bottom marked with the design number 2001/25. Good bye baby, bye bye.

Then came the time say good bye this beautiful Pukeberg figurine. This was also a very hard goodbye as I thought, until the last minute, that I was going to keep it. How naive of me. This stunning crystal bird figurine designed by Pukeberg of Sweden in the 80's was a success. It accumulated lots of views and likes in the short period of time it stayed with us. No surprise it left the building in record time. No time for long goodbyes. 

Off to Central Europe it went... 

Finally we also sold this beautiful serving bowl from the series FLORA by Arabia Finland FLORA series was designed by Esteri Toumula and is one of the most beloved series of Arabia stoneware. This lovely bowl was sold with its matching sauce jug. They will turn someone's dinner table into an even more special occasion. 

Bye baby, good bye. 

Mexico Series by Bing og Grøndahl - Dinner Set

Beautiful MEXICO series designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard (1919-2008) for Bing and Grøndahl in the 1980´s. The pictures show part of the pieces we recently listed in our shop. These are the dinner serving items and we also have a large set of dinner plates. 

MEXICO was designed by Quistgaard in a grayish shade of beige with beautiful irregular brown and blue decorations on the edges. No two pieces are identical and that is what makes this series special. Bottom marked with Bing & Grøndahl logo and pattern number 311.