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Posted 6 months ago
BELLIN68
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TAPIO WIRKKALA FOR ROSENTHAL STUDIO LINIE - GERMANY
found this today for $2.99 after ive worked today , the gym, and voting . this is very beautiful bowl i believe this is vintage its dates to the very early 1960s , made out porcelain. below some history.
Tapio Wirkkala
2 June 1915 – 19 May 1985.
The oeuvre of Tapio Wirkkala, Finland's internationally best-known designer, belongs to the everyday lives of Finns. A good example is Finland's longest-used series of banknotes, which introduced in 1955 and remained in circulation with minor alterations until 1981.
Wirkkala was a highly versatile designer and artist. He designed products of glass, wood, porcelain, metal and plastics, created sculpture and also worked in exhibition and graphic design.
He designed glass objects for the Venini glassworks in Italy and porcelain and cutlery for the Rosenthal factory in Germany.
In Finland, Wirkkala designed glass for Iittala, the Ahlström corporation, light bulbs for Airam and cutlery and silver objects for the Kultakeskus company.
Tapio Wirkkala's works in plywood made him was one of the forerunners of Finnish modernism in sculpture
http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/tw_2.html
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Hello Lovely. Nice find! How is work going? I found a Ritzendoff today plus a ton of good stuff. I need to post but the ride home today has got me crabby. Glad I voted this morning!
Applying wine to alter my mood now...
thankyou Amberrose and mustanftony for the loves and kind words , i dont blame you Amberrose for applying wine to the mood , im glad you voted as well , i did to vote as well :)
thankyou eye4beauty and miKKoChristmas11 for the love:)
thankyou vetraio50 for the love:)
Hello! BELLIN68 hope work going well, nice dish. Off to bed now night!...:-)
THANKYOU inky for the love and work is great i go in at 6:30 am , thankyou for the kind words ;0 night inky :)
Wow! That man was into EVERYTHING! He must have been a very busy guy. Love the Black porcelain, classic!
THANKYOU JayHow for the kind words :)
thankyou MattyG for the loves:)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS vlkma238412 :) thankyou for the love:)