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MID CENTURY MODERN ARABIA FINLAND BIRGER KAIPIAINEN PARATIISI SERVING BOX W/ LID

$ 52.79

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Object Type: SERVING BOX
  • Style: Mid-Century Modern
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: EXCELLENT TO NEAR CONDITION...APPEARS NEVER USED
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Brand: Arabia
  • Color: BLACK WHITE
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    MID CENTURY MODERN ARABIA FINLAND BIRGER KAIPIAINEN PARATIISI OVAL SERVING BOX W/ LID
    IT MEASURES ABOUT 5 1/8" TALL AND 4 1/8" BY 4 1/2" OVAL
    OLD MARK ON BOTTOM WAS IN PRODUCTION FROM 1964 TO 1971
    "Birger Johannes Kaipiainen
    (1 July 1915 – 18 July 1988) was a Finnish-swedish ceramist and designer. He is one of the most successful and well-known ceramic artists in
    Finland
    .
    [1]
    Kaipiainen graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the
    Aalto School of Arts
    of
    Helsinki
    . After that he went to work for Finnish ceramics company
    Arabia
    in 1937, and later in 1954 for their Swedish sister company
    Rörstrand
    . Kaipiainen worked as a designer for Arabia over fifty years.
    [2]
    As a child he was Kaipiainen suffered from
    Polio
    and was consequently unable to use a pottery wheel. It was said that his illness heightened his artistic sensitivity. .
    IN EXCELLENT TO NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION...APPEARS NEVER USED
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