Arabia Finland FLORA: Flower Sales Power...

Listed these lovely FLORA tea cups in my shop at the end of the day yesterday and moved forward to make some dinner... before I could finish eating my dinner the cups were sold... That was a record. 

Arabia Finland FLORA  is a very attractive series, Esteri Tomula designs in general are highly attractive and tend to fetch a lot of money and sell quite fast and there are buyers out there hunting them all the time. However, I thought that my recently sourced set of tea cups were not the most attractive cups out there because, even if the cups per se were in fabulous condition, the saucers were ruined... completely wasted and destroyed from too much washing and scratching... guess their previous owner used the saucers more than the cups... The saucers are in such a bad condition that I decided to list the cups without the saucers because they are not worth the cost of shipping...

So, off they go... what are the odds? these lovely saucer-less cups are going back to Finland, they found a new home in their home country... 

A happy ending story. Love those.

It is not possible to see from this angle but the saucer in the picture is in terrible shape... the glaze is completely scratched and gone, puff, destroyed... such a pity. Heavy dish washer use and cutlery marks. 

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. 

Pieces of Natural Beauty: Arabia Botanica Series

Esteri Tomula Plate "Geranium Silvaticum"

Esteri Tomula Plate "Viola Riviniana"

Esteri Tomula Botanica Series Plates

Esteri Tomula's "Botanica" Series is one of my favorite among Arabia's many series of plates. The series is quite large with detailed designs of the most lovely flowers available around Finland. And yes, I am one of those people who adore a wall filled with plates, but I can be very particular about the plates I hang on my own walls. We had these two plates in the store, but they are flew out of the shelves very fast. I miss them and that's a good reason for a post. As it happens, I am constantly hunting after these beauties, wherever I go...  They are small, only 12cmX12cm but they are immensely gorgeous.