Cylindrical Sung-Glazed Stoneware Vase in Knopped Style

Axel Salto, Royal Copenhagen

Cylindrical vase in knopped style designed by Axel Salto and executed at Royal Copenhagen, Denmark in the second half of the 20th century. Made of Sung-glazed stoneware decorated with five horizontal rows of staggered buds. Signed 'SALTO' and marked with Royal Copenhagen's blue waves and model no. 20703. Corresponding models are listed as having been originally designed in 1929 (see e.g. fig. 60 on page 169 in the book "Axel Salto - Stentøjsmesteren"). Royal Copenhagen acquired all of Axel Salto's working models in December 1944.