Fall finds

Fall is definitely here, no matter how much I try to cling to summer... I guess we can't complain though, the last weeks have been gorgeous, real indian summer with temperatures in the 20s. This weekend has been a bit wet, and fall colors have started appearing. Thrifting has been a bit slow lately, but yesterday I managed to squeeze in a couple of stores.

I've seen the Arabia Ruska teapot around a few times, but have always thought that since I so rarely drink tea, and have several teapots already, I couldn't get another one... This time I gave in. It's just so beautiful. There's something special about pots. And cups. I have a teaset for 6 now, with extra coffecups which are small and great for espresso, as well as 12 dinner plates and serving dishes.

I didn't know that it had an infuser inside for "real" tea. The infuser is even ceramic, that's a great feature. Below are three more Stavangerflint egg cups in the Sera pattern, designed by Inger Waage. I have a few of these from an earlier hunting trip.

I found another one of these little "tweeters" from a line of glass ornaments by Hadeland. There's not much to be found about these on the web. I wouldn't have known anything if it weren't for the fact that I remember them from home. Mum had some of them and I therefore know for sure they're from the 70s! I've collected 7 of them until now. My favorite is the bird, I love the shape. I once found one in the original box, which is SOOO 70s Norway!

 

I found a serving plate and bowl from the Stavangerflint Finse line. I love these, the shape of the plate is so great, rounded but slightly rectangular. The design is by Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa. I love his work, it's always so subtle and refined. The light olive green and brown combo is gorgeous, and it combines really well with Ruska, it has that same surface and style. I now have a teaset for 12 and several with egg cups. You can see and read more here and here. There's a bit of information about Fjeldsaa in that first linked post.

I found this Wiinblad plate a couple of weeks ago but forgot to show it to you. It was a corporate gift in 1978 for employees in the danish firm Imerco and is handpainted and signed. It shows a scene from a livingroom, with Wiinblad's usual quirkiness and amazing attention to detail. I love those rice lamps!

Today I visited a farm not far from where I live to pick some corn. This is quite common here at this time of the year. You bring a bag, fill it and pay a few kroner. I love doing that, and they're SOOO sweet and delicious, much better than those you can get in the store. Today was a bit rainy, but not too bad. The sky was tealy grey, which always looks good in pictures. The teal sky and the yellowing fields looked so great together.  The farm has several workshops, and sell different crafts and produce. And what do you know- there was even some vintage today! 

I have fallen deeply in love with Egersund Fajanse and Graveren's art deco pieces. I found this low bowl at the farm market today. It's got this great abstract decor in brown and yellow and I'm pretty sure it was designed in the 20s. It has the simple stamp with text only,  "Egersund Norge".

 

I also found another herring jar from Figgjo's Folklore series. I have another one that I got from my mother in law with the exact same text, but a different shape. They are more or less the same size. You can see it here.

As always with Folklore, there's some flirting going on at that table...

A few pics from the market stalls inside the barn. Lots of crafts, produce, there was even a guy who sold old record players, I mean REALLY old ones and there was music from the 30s playing on one of them to add to the atmosphere. I love seeing constructions like these. See the rice lamp with the butterfly? There was a seller who made these lazer cut wooden things. They were really nice with the light wood and the dark edges. 

  

In the middle of the corn field...

 

 

Fall is inevitably here, I guess. Which I don't mind, only problem is- winter comes after!  Have a great week!

PS. Head on over to Max at Blackbird has spoken  for some gorgeous thrifted treats!

The latest

Last week my oldest son had a football cup quite some distance from where we live. The team stayed in a school, and most parents went there over the weekend to see the games. NOT in sleeping bags in that school, I can assure you!!) My son broke his arm during a match two weeks ago, so he basically went along for the fun bits and to hang out with his team. My interest in football only go that far, so without the pleasure of watching my son play, I decided to sneak away for an hour to a nearby charity store I'd noticed on our way there. It was HUGE! Some of this weeks finds are from that store, like this first one:

This is a large Figgjo Folklore wall plaque. I found it in a charity store at around half of what the usually sell for. I have a smaller one that belonged to my grandmother. A while ago my mum gave me her Folklore set, you can see it here. Folklore was in production freom 1970- 75, and was designed by the amazing Turi Gramstad Oliver. I love the cheerful summer scenes, such a happy pattern!

 
Seeing them both side by side shows you how big the new one is, it's a whopping 33 centimeters tall!

Then three great, and VERY different vases. I found this tall and amazing Carstens vase in the same store as the Figgjo. Isn't it gorgeous? I so love the textured surface and the color! The pattern reminds me a bit of Einar Johansen's designs for Søholm, don't you agree?

  

Speaking of vases, this beautiful bisque vase is Suvi by Arabia. It was designed in 1981 by Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist, you can see her initials "GOG" in the last picture. It has a molded relief of flowers, which stands out on the unglazed surface. Suvi is a whole series of vases in different sizes and really nice planters. There might also be more products, does anybody know?

My mum has the bigger brother (sister?) of this one. She bought it in the early 80s when she got what my dad later refers to as the most expensive bouquet he has ever given her. She received a large bouquet of roses from Amsterdam and he didn't mean the price of the flowers, but the fact that she didn't have a vase that was big enough and went out and got a really large Arabia!

The third vase is a Scheurich. Seems a shame that I never write anything about the Scheurich pieces, it's simply because I don't know a great deal about them- other than the fact that they're gorgeous! Love the colors and lava pattern on this one.

My collection of Stavangerflint souvenir plates from my home town is expanding, I found two new ones yesterday. I'm not sure who designed the ones with the maps. If you look closely, it says "Viste" just to the left of the Stavanger cathedral, that's where I grew up and where my parents still live! To the south you see Egersund, home of all that great pottery, and in between is Jæren, with my beloved beaches and rocky shores. 

The second one in red is handpainted by Kari Nyquist. It shows, like my previous plates, scenes from my home town. This was made as a corporate gift (that's the text on the back), it even states the year, 1964. You probably recognize the scenes and buildings by now, after I've been going on about it several times:-) Notice the fish monger in the third picture trying to impress the lady? You can see my other ones here.

Today, I found six more settings in the Stavangerflint Finse pattern, as well as a sugerbowl and creamer and egg cups. Finse was designed by Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa in the 60s. There is more information about it and better pictures in one of my recent posts.

I've been on the lookout for egg cups, and lately they have been pouring down on me:-) I especially love the Figgjo ones with the little bowl for egg shells, that you can see here, but the Stavangerflint ones are also really cute. I found eight Finse egg cups, and four Sera. I think the egg cups look REALLY good in Sera.

I found a small Knabstrup dish and candle holder in a very delicate combination of light greyish blue and beige. The colors on the dish are more faded. I don't know a great deal about this company, and found this information on this site that sums up their history:

This factory was based in Denmark in Zealand.  From 1856-1907 Knabstrup Lervarefabrik was a brick factory. In 1897 it was bought by Henrik Schou and in 1907 its new ceramics factory formed the basis for a new era in Knabstrups history. 

In 1930, production was mostly utility ware. Aksel Sigvald Nielsen (Aksini) worked there until 1954, producing vases and also pottery plaques. After Frida Schou retired as Director in 1970, the factory bought a new gas kiln, Bjorn Wiinblad took over production and changed the name in 1977 to Knabstrup Ceramic Factory A / S. Production consisted of dinnerware, wall plaques, and dishes. The company closed in 1989.

There's a pair of candle holders in brown and green for sale in Birgitte's Etsy shop, have a look!

 

That's all I guess! Well, that's not excactly true. I found something really sunny that I decided deserves a post of it's own. If you're on Instagram, you've probably seen it:-) See you soon!