Get ready for a whole lot of Lotte coming up in this and the next post. I ended up buying quite a bit of a huge setting of Lotte that was up for auction this week, and I have just finished cleaning, sorting and photographing it all.
Figgjo Lotte is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable and iconic Scandinavian patterns of the mid 20th Century. It has a charm and popularity that has endured, and remains to this day immensely popular and collectable around the world.
It was of course designed by
Turi Gramstad Oliver who started with Figgjo in 1960 and worked with them for over 20 years producing some of their most loved designs. Oddly enough I have not been aable to find an exact start date for the first release of the design in the 1960s, but I do know that there was a second release in 1972 - which seems to be when most of the ware that we come across these days is from.
There isn't a lot of difference between the look of the 2 series - but in the first series some pieces like the plates and soup bowls had rims or lips rather than a rimless or "coup" shape. The coup main plate is also about 1cm wider. As far as I can find out all the motifs are the same in both series.
Figgjo backstamps can seem confusing and contradictory during the period that Lotte was made due to company restructures and renaming - but a Norwegian website has images of quite a few of the main ones
HERE.
All of the Figgjo dinnerware from 1960 onwards are made of vitreous china - making it very hard, craze resistant and very tough. There is good explanation of Figgjo history on its official website
HERE
Enough words....its all the about the wonderful pattern, motifs and shapes. More tomorrow! If anyone knows more details about Lotte I would love to hear from you.
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| Lotte Teapot |
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| Lotte Large and medium sized jugs |
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| Lotte Duo front view |
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| Lottel duo - side view |
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| Lotte sugar bowl and conserve bowl |
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| Lotte wide jug |
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| Lotte souffle dishes or ramekins, small |
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| Lotte Mugs - might just have to keep these! |
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| Lotte sauce boat |
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| Lotte coffee pot |
Both of these stamps are from the 1970s - not sure what the V555 means though
Norways Bjorn Wiinblad :-). Real cute. And they look very good with the wood background!!!
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Thanks Birgitte...very cute and yes very much the feel of Wiinblad there. The teapot and coffee pot got lost on white, the smaller pieces not so, wood seems to go so well with vintage items
DeleteWow, this is so beautiful! The Lotte pattern is really rare to spot here in Norway, I think most of it must have been exported outside the country.
ReplyDeleteThats a pity, but yes I know it was (still is) very big in the U.S. , here and in the U.K. A lot of people here had either this design, or the Market design in the 60s and 70s.
DeleteSo whimsical!
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