Royal Copenhagen Vase by Nils Thorsson

Danish Baca vase in glazed earthenware by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen. Description (show original description) This description has been automatically translated and may not be entirely accurate. Beautiful piece of Danish craftsmanship, signed and numbered. Nils Thorsson (1898-1975) first emerged as an artist when he exhibited a series of vases (the Autumn Series) in 1925, which received a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair. From 1930, he became artistic director of the Fiance Aluminia factory, and from 1949, he had artistic supervision of the stoneware department at the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory. Thorsson's works are represented at the National Museum in Copenhagen, the Royal Institute of Technology, the Porcelain Factory Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the National Museum in Stockholm, and the Ceramic Museum in Faenza.