FLOWER POT

This simple plant pot from Kupittaan Savi is accented with a small elevated base and a rim.
It features a terracotta base with a mottled mustard yellow glaze.
*In good condition with no noticeable damage.

KUPITTAAN SAVI｜Kupittaan Savi｜1921–1969｜FINLAND

Kupittaan Savi was a pottery manufacturer founded in 1921 in Turku, an ancient city in Finland, and operated until 1969. Kupittaan Savi products are characterized by their handcrafted decorations on molded forms, with many decorators and young artists involved in their creation. Motifs such as flowers, people, and animals were depicted, and each piece, even of the same model, had a unique character due to variations in decoration.

While Arabia, a leading Finnish ceramics manufacturer, engaged in large-scale industrial production, Kupittaan Savi maintained a relatively small-scale production system, creating rustic and warm idyllic pottery that showcased handcrafted decoration.

Marjukka Paasivirta, who became art director in 1949, along with designers Linnea Lehtonen and Okki Laine, developed simple and functional modern design products that were becoming trendy at the time. At the 1954 Milan Triennale, works by Marjukka Paasivirta, Linnea Lehtonen, and Orvokki Laine each won silver medals, making Kupittaan Savi internationally recognized. In the early 1960s, Heidi Blomstedt designed sophisticated vases and other items.