Humppila Finland, REVONTULI glass platter

Humppila is one of the Finland traditional glass makers with very recognizable designs by several famous designers. Tauno Wirkkala, not sure he has any relation to the other famous Wirkkala, is one of the designers who worked for Humppila. He made some stunning and creative designs, very bold, with organic forms and ombré finishing to the glass. I find this ombré color changing from a darker brown shade to clear glass via amber and yellow stunning. His pieces are bottom signed, etched with his name and the company. This design is called REVONTULI and is for sale in our shop. 

Check the this beautiful item in our shop here 

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. 

Blue Glass Series 6: Riihimäki Lasi Ultra Bowls

 

Riihimaki Lasi Blue ULTRA Bowl

                  

                  

               

Blue Glass Series 6: Riihimäki Lasi Ultra Bowls

These blue ULTRA bowls, designed by Pertti Kallioinen for Riihimaki Lasi some time in the 1980's are really beautiful, even if the pink version of these bowls seem to be more appreciated, the blue bowl has its charm. It is a lovely designm textured glass, waves like, it made sense to include them in my series of blue glasses. As I have mention before, I make this series because I love blue glasses, textured (like these bowls) or not. Any plain blue glass will do it for me, I think they are super pretty.

We have these beauties in stock in our Etsy store.

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.