Love this flame red Fat Lava bowl. It has no backstamp but likely to be of West German origin.
Category Archives: 70s
Mushroom Chair
Design classic by Pierre Paulin, 1963: “A chair should be more than simply functional. It should be friendly, fun and colourful”.
Included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York! Continue reading
East German Loveliness
Who says it was dull and grey behind the Iron Curtain? This patterned loveliness produced by VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb – The People’s Factory) Haldensleben instantly became my favourite ‘Fat Lava’ piece. I only regret that I didn’t buy the second, slightly smaller edition as well.
Spitalsfield Market for £20. Thank you people!
German Threesome
Christmas came early this year in the shape of this ‘Fat Lava’ trio from Spitalsfield Market. A Steuler ‘Zyklon’ and a Bay vase and a gorgious lamp base of unidentified origins. All together for £40.
Fat Lava ‘Kreutz’ Vase
It can’t get more Fat Lava than this. Bubbling glaze and flame red colour. The vase has been made by ‘Kreutz Keramik’, a family business in Haiger-Laugenaubach near Cologne.
Bargain: EUR 12 from a junk shop in Berlin
Vintage Festival at London’s Southbank
London’s Vintage Festival features a brilliant array of Vintage and Retro music, fashion, film, art, design and a Vintage market with over 200 vendors for fashion, accessories and furniture from the 20s to the 80s.
Meakin ‘Inca’ Platter
My favourite Meakin pattern. The ‘Inca’ pattern was designed by Jessie Tait. Continue reading
Steuler ‘Zyklon’ Vase
My first piece of West German Pottery (WGP) and I’m officially hooked. WGP from the 50s, 60s and 70s is now hugely popular after being dismissed as to garish and tacky for decades. Rare and unusual pieces fetch prices well in the £100s. Continue reading
Cooking with Tfl
The iconic orange and brown block pattern dominated London transport on both, buses and tubes through the 1970s and 1980s. It was originally designed by Misha Black in 1978. A collection of kitchen and home accessories has been recommissioned by Tfl. Continue reading
Gravy Boat ‘Kontiki’
Gravy boat designed by Kathie Winkle, the pattern name on the backstamp reads ‘Kontiki’. Few designers in the 60s and 70s created such a wealth of abstract and stylised patterns as Kathie Winkle. Continue reading
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