フィンランドのARABIA社の名器パラティッシのヴィンテージの希少サイズとなる29.5cmのオーバルプレートです。こちらは1969〜1971年までフィンランドで製造されたオリジナルのプレートで、いわゆるオールドパラティッシと呼ばれるコレクターズアイテムです。
シリーズ名のParatiisi（パラティッシ）とはフィンランド語で「楽園」の意味です。同社の代表的なデザイナーであったビルガー・カイピアイネンがデザインし、1969年に発売されましたが1974年に石油危機の影響により一旦製造が中止しています。1988年には同名シリーズが復刻されています。
パラティッシのロゴは、1）1969年のヴィオラ（パンジー）ロゴに始まり、2）1971年の後半ごろに製造されたヴィオラの部分をARABIAのマークを入れ換えた葉っぱロゴ、3）1988年の復刻版で円形の英語ロゴに再入れ換えした王冠ロゴ、4）88年ロゴの色を抜いた白黒ロゴ、5）白黒ロゴからさらに円形のロゴを抜いたタイ製ロゴの5種類があります。4の白黒王冠ロゴまではフィンランド産となりますが、現代版はすべてタイ産となっています。本作は最初期のヴィオラロゴとなります。
現在ではパラティッシは復刻版が製造されていますが、すべてタイ製となっています。現代版の特徴は表面のペイント色味に明確で濃く、下地の白さも際立っている点です。
29.5cmサイズのオーバルプレートは現在廃盤となっています。復刻版は製造されていないため、ヴィンテージでしか入手できないものです。
■詳細
メーカー：ARABIA / アラビア
デザイナー：Birger Kaipiainen/ ビルガー・カイピアイネン
シリーズ名：Paratiisi / パラティッシ
製造年代：1969〜1971年
本作の年号：1969年10月（パラティッシ発売年の最初期モデル）
生産国：フィンランド
コンディション：★★★★☆（4.5：極美品）
使用歴がなく保存状態も極めて良好なデッドストック品です。完品のコンディションに近く、保存状態が良好な色つやも優れた逸品です。
■サイズ
横幅29.5cm 縦幅26.5cm 高さ4cm
Paratiisi ~ Finland's paradise ~
"Paratiisi" is a masterpiece created by Birger Kaipiainen, a famous designer of ARABIA. The series name means "paradise" in Finnish. After some trial and error by Kaipiainen, Paratissi was launched in 1969. Each piece of Paratissi was decorated with a richly colored print, making it one of the most elaborate and luxurious series of Arabic tableware of the time. Production ceased in 1974 due to the severe economic recession and fuel shortage caused by the oil crisis.
Paratissi is also known for its frequently changing logo, called a backstamp. 1) A logo that started with the viola (pansy) logo in 1969, 2) A logo that abolished the year stamp in the first half of 1971, and 3) A leaf that replaced the viola part produced around the second half of 1971 with the ARABIA mark. logo, 4) Crown logo, which was replaced with a circular English logo in the 1988 reprint, 5) Black and white logo from mid-2000, with the color of the 1988 logo removed, and 6) Made in Thailand, with the circle mark further removed. There are 6 types of logos. Until the mid-2000 logo, it will be made in Finland. The important thing to know is that the Thai made logo does not have "FINLAND" stamped on it.
In particular, the reprint editions of Paratissi from the mid-2000s onward are characterized by their darker decorations and thick design lines that make them easy to understand. Vintage items up to 1988 have pale colors and thin lines, giving a sense of depth throughout. Vintage tableware is more beautiful as tableware.
Birger Kaipiainen
Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988)
Born in Pori, southwestern Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. Finland's leading designer, known as the "King of Decorators". Although he moved to the capital, Helsinki, when he was a child, Kaipiainen spends every summer with a homestay in the Russian town of Sortavala. The sense of nature and artistry cultivated there would influence him throughout his life. In his prime, Kaipiainen suffered from polio, which forced him to walk with a cane for the rest of his life. Due to a disability in one hand, he was unable to turn the potter's wheel and make pottery by himself, but this experience is said to have inspired him to hone his unique artistic sense.
Kaipiainen graduated from Aalto University's Faculty of Art, Finland's top art university, and began working at ARABIA in 1937 , before also transferring to Sweden's Rorstrand for four years from 1954 . During the heyday of simple and unadorned modern Scandinavian art, Kaipiainen's designs were rich in ornamentation and characterized by detailed depictions drawn in every corner. He has created a unique worldview that stands out from the mainstream of the time, designing Paratisch in 1969 , Apia in 1970 , and Sunnuntai in 1971 . These are still Arabia's reprints and are their signature products.