This is a vintage saucepot from Arabia, a tableware manufacturer representing Finland in Northern Europe. Designer Gunval Orin Grangvist was in charge of designing mass-produced products at ARABIA, while also having his own atelier in the form of an in-house studio, where he produced hand-made works in collaboration with painters.
The works produced in the workshop are stamped with Ateljer GOG and have a strong presence among the ceramics of ARABIA. This is one of the atelier works source boat. A bowl-shaped one-handed pot with petals in the center. All atelier works are hand-painted and strictly speaking, no two are the same. Half a century ago in Finland, each piece is handcrafted by craftsmen.
■ Detailed specifications
Manufacturer: ARABIA / Arabia Designer: Gunvor Olin Gronqvist Age: 1970s (estimated)
Country of Origin: Finland Condition: ★★★★☆ (4.5: very good condition)
When this sauce pot is used, there will be scratches around the floral pattern on the bottom, but it is an unused dead stock item that does not have such scratches. Although there are very minor scratches, it is in very good condition with no cracks, chips or intrusions and the original appearance is preserved.
■ size
Diameter 10.8cm Width 17cm Height 6cm
■ About the designer
Gunval Olin Grangvist ( Gunvor Olin Gronqvist, 1928-2005)
Born in Helsinki. Joined Arabia in 1951 and was in charge of design for a long time until 1993 . Her representative designs include “Tea for Two” , which is inspired by autumn flowers, “Kosmos” series, which has abstract maroon vertical lines, “Fructus” , which depicts an apple cut in half, and sauna mug series. And even now, there are many fans. Apart from the mass production line, I am in charge of the art department called Ateljer GOG , and also supervise the production of one-off products. The use of hand-painted colors is unique, and it has a sense of color that is conscious of the shadows unique to Nordic vintage tableware. Click here for details → Blog article "Nordic Tableware and Shadows"
