Ancient Scandinavian Pottery

In early pagan anglo saxon times pottery urns were used to hold ashes of people who had died and been cremated.

Ancient scandinavian pottery. The royal copenhagen porcelain factory was established in 1775 under the active patronage of the danish royal court. The scandinavian discussions concerning ancient mould making methods started in the 1940s under circumstances with very sparse availability of archaeological workshop material thus limiting the possibilities for research and reconstruction. These were then often buried in small barrows.

Stunning ancient viking nordic iron battle axe 8 9th century ad ref. This scandinavian inspired style has remained a popular. A distinctive scandinavian production was that of bowls made in the shape of a mitre for a kind of punch called bishop.

Viking period silver amulet scandinavian norse pendant 900 1000 ad 9 photo. The first mark is from aluminia. See more ideas about pottery viking age vikings.

The small rounded stoneware dish has a raised central roundel incised with two birds th. A number of factories in denmark norway and sweden during the 18th century made faience and creamware in the english manner. A very stylish swedish studio pottery dish with birds designed by lisa larson for gustavsberg.

Apr 10 2018 explore gayle erwin s board viking era pottery followed by 177 people on pinterest. For the most part in ancient times pottery wheels were turned manually with the user kicking their feet to put it in motion. Hans og birgitte börjeson fulby denmark has a rich tradition of producing fine ceramics and original pottery dating back several hundred years.

Pottery was a very important method of producing cheap cooking pots bowls cups lamps bottles jugs etc. Nils thorsson was artistic director of royal copenhagen from 1949 1975. Many of the works of royal copenhagen s artists were also produced under the aluminia name actually aluminia had purchased royal copenhagen est 1863 in 1882 and produced under both names until 1969 when the aluminia name was dropped.