LÆRKESTELLET (The Lark Service). Birgitte and Hans Börjeson, Beate Anderson, Bente Hansen, Ursula Munch-Petersen, Sten Lykke Madsen, Sys Thomsen, Bodil and Richard Manz

Author: Lerche-Lerchenborg, Louise, John Vedel-Rieper
Country: Denmark
Code: 5070
Language: English/ Danish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 24
Illustrations: 22 Color Illustrations. 3 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00

Price: 19.50

Photographs and descriptions of ceramics from the Lark Service, created in 1994 in an effort to inspire, strengthen, and develop Danish utilitarian ceramics, particularly workshop ceramics. The creators of Lark Service give function and formal articulation precedence over formal image, in the forms of bowls, vases, jugs, and decorative peices.

ROYAL COPENHAGEN - KUNST - INDUSTRI (Art - Industry).

Author: Steen Nottelmann & Benedicte Bojesen
Country: Denmark
Code: 2565
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 95
Illustrations: 57 Color Illustrations. 23 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 8”
Weight: 1.00

Price: 29.50

This exhibition on Royal Copenhagen wares covers a historical view of a100-year period starting in 1775. Another section illustrates the productive period at the beginning of the 20th century in which Danish porcelain became internationally significant. The final section concentrates upon the fruitful period after the Second World War during which 50’s and 60’s products became known as DANISH DESIGN. Includes artists like Georg Jensen, Johan Rohde, Henning Koppel, et al (silver), Jacob E. Bang, Per Lütken, et al (glass), Axel Salto, Gertrud Vasegaard, Ursula Munch-Petersen, et al (porcelain/ceramics) and much more.

ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN ANIMALS AND FIGURINES WITH VALUES.

Author: Heritage, Robert J
Country: Pennsylvania
Code: 4534
Language: English
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 200
Illustrations: 395 Color Illustrations. 1 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 3.00

Price: 39.95

This is the first comprehensive reference guide to 20th century porcelain models of animals and figurines made by Royal Copenhagen with underglaze decoration. For collectors and dealers alike, it will be an information source in which all the well-known pieces can be found together with many others which are rarely seen. Each example is described in detail and nearly all are accompanied by a photograph to illustrate salient points from the model profile. Each model is given a number grade by the author compiled from his judgement of its rarity, artistic merit, the quality of its sculpture, and its decoration. Several methods of dating individual items are introduced and those elements that may influence purchasing decisions are discussed. A complete list of known models, together with a values reference for secondhand examples, is included as an appendix. Includes Date Code Systems used for Underglaze Models; Conversion Table for Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl code numbers and Value Reference and Numerical List.

RUSSIAN PORCELAIN (Venäläistä Poliinia). Collection Vera Saarela (Vera Saarelan Kokoelma)

Author: Heikki Hyvönen
Country: Finland
Code: 1427
Language: Finnish/ English
Year Published: 1982
No. of pages: 427
Illustrations: 83 Color Illustrations. 243 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”sq
Weight: 3.00

Price: 49.50

This extensive and exquisite collection, now the property of the National Museum of Finland, was painstakingly acquired by two private collectors over a period of 40 years. It focuses on the golden era of Russian porcelain, the period from the establishment of the first Russian porcelain factory during the reign of Empress Elizabeth, until the reign of Alexander II, when the branch was industrialized. Brilliantly-hued statuettes and full-page, exquisite color plates of porcelain pieces and bowls are represented, along with a learned commentary.

RÖRSTRAND.

Author: Herlitz-Gezelius, Ann Marie
Country: Sweden
Code: 0191
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 252
Illustrations: 33 Color Illustrations. 54 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 7”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 75.00

For the collector; a very comprehensive book on production and unique pieces from Rörstrand from the 1700s through today . Porcelain marks, signature of artists, lists of the artists. Ceramic vocabulary.