Royal Copenhagen, Aluminia - Berte Jessen - Vase - Faience
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Royal Copenhagen / Aluminia - design by Berte Jessen
Elegant Danish faience vase produced by Royal Copenhagen, characterized by a rectangular, slightly bulging shape and a refined figurative decoration in tones of dark blue, azure, black, and pink, painted on a light background.
The decoration, with a strong graphic and almost fantastical character, features large floral elements and stylized vegetal motifs, typical of the Danish modernist taste of the Sixties.
The vase belongs to the Royal Copenhagen / Aluminia production and bears the design of Berte Jessen, a Danish artist associated with the celebrated postwar period of Scandinavian faience. Her work is particularly recognizable for the use of simple, modern forms coupled with expressive decorations, often inspired by the vegetal world and reinterpreted in an almost abstract key.
Berte Jessen was born in Denmark in 1937 and studied at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts from 1954 to 1958. In 1958 she joined a group of young artists selected by Nils Thorsson, artistic director of Aluminia and Royal Copenhagen, to give new impetus to faience production. Jessen was one of six young artists — from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden — involved by Thorsson in the project that would give birth to the famous Tenera production. The project aimed to radically renew faience through contemporary shapes, bolder colors, experimental glazes, and decorations entrusted to the sensibility of each artist.
The collaboration with Royal Copenhagen thus takes place at one of the most important moments in 20th-century Danish ceramics: the 1960s and 1970s, when the manufacturer moved toward a freer, more modern, and international language. Jessen’s works are today sought after precisely because they represent this transformation of Danish ceramic tradition in the direction of Scandinavian Modernism.
Dimensions: 18.5 x 14.5 x 6 cm.
in perfect condition.
Seller's Story
My name is Riccardo. I recently graduated in Art History from the University of Florence and I am passionate about porcelain. From tableware to artistic vases, from figurines to tea and coffee sets, I am fascinated by the mastery and creativity of great artisans and designers who manage to shape this fragile material, transforming a rough mass into masterpieces with a story to tell. During my years at university I began to become interested in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century tableware; today, every day, I deal with prestigious porcelain pieces that always have something to say to me and to those who purchase them. I love that every day I can discover more about the objects I find while traveling around Italy, always learning something new. I always try to convey to my clients this passion I have for the objects I sell, certain that each of them has a story to tell: that of the creator, that of the one who preserved it, and that of the person who will give it a new life.
Translated by Google TranslateRoyal Copenhagen / Aluminia - design by Berte Jessen
Elegant Danish faience vase produced by Royal Copenhagen, characterized by a rectangular, slightly bulging shape and a refined figurative decoration in tones of dark blue, azure, black, and pink, painted on a light background.
The decoration, with a strong graphic and almost fantastical character, features large floral elements and stylized vegetal motifs, typical of the Danish modernist taste of the Sixties.
The vase belongs to the Royal Copenhagen / Aluminia production and bears the design of Berte Jessen, a Danish artist associated with the celebrated postwar period of Scandinavian faience. Her work is particularly recognizable for the use of simple, modern forms coupled with expressive decorations, often inspired by the vegetal world and reinterpreted in an almost abstract key.
Berte Jessen was born in Denmark in 1937 and studied at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts from 1954 to 1958. In 1958 she joined a group of young artists selected by Nils Thorsson, artistic director of Aluminia and Royal Copenhagen, to give new impetus to faience production. Jessen was one of six young artists — from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden — involved by Thorsson in the project that would give birth to the famous Tenera production. The project aimed to radically renew faience through contemporary shapes, bolder colors, experimental glazes, and decorations entrusted to the sensibility of each artist.
The collaboration with Royal Copenhagen thus takes place at one of the most important moments in 20th-century Danish ceramics: the 1960s and 1970s, when the manufacturer moved toward a freer, more modern, and international language. Jessen’s works are today sought after precisely because they represent this transformation of Danish ceramic tradition in the direction of Scandinavian Modernism.
Dimensions: 18.5 x 14.5 x 6 cm.
in perfect condition.
Seller's Story
My name is Riccardo. I recently graduated in Art History from the University of Florence and I am passionate about porcelain. From tableware to artistic vases, from figurines to tea and coffee sets, I am fascinated by the mastery and creativity of great artisans and designers who manage to shape this fragile material, transforming a rough mass into masterpieces with a story to tell. During my years at university I began to become interested in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century tableware; today, every day, I deal with prestigious porcelain pieces that always have something to say to me and to those who purchase them. I love that every day I can discover more about the objects I find while traveling around Italy, always learning something new. I always try to convey to my clients this passion I have for the objects I sell, certain that each of them has a story to tell: that of the creator, that of the one who preserved it, and that of the person who will give it a new life.
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Era
1900-2000
Ceramics type
Faience
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Denmark
Designer/artist/maker
Berte Jessen
Material
Ceramic
Manufacturer/brand
Aluminia, Royal Copenhagen
Condition
Excellent condition: barely used with minimal signs of wear
Height
14.5 cm
Width
18.5 cm
Depth
6 cm
Estimated period
1950-1960
