AXEL SØRENSEN ‘THISTLE’ RELIEF DISH FOR P. IPSENS ENKE ARRIVAL having begun work at GUSTAVSBERG

having begun work at GUSTAVSBERG at the age of twelve

Fantoni’s training in the arts included sculpture classes with Libero Andreotti (1875–1933) and Bruno Innocenti (1906–1986) and instruction in figure drawing with the painter Gianni Vagnetti (1898–1956)

Restoration and Damage Details Light wear consistent with age and use

5 inch Depth 3

The family (which included Christian's namesake uncle

AXEL SØRENSEN ‘THISTLE’ RELIEF DISH FOR P. IPSENS ENKE ARRIVAL having begun work at GUSTAVSBERGA decorative stoneware dish with a gorgeous design in high relief of an artichoke and bees designed by Axel Srensen in 1939 for P. Ipsens Enke (aka P. Ipsens Widow), and glazed in Ipsens proprietary Dekorativglasur (decorative glaze) developed by Bertel Ipsen around 1910. Early examples of this blended and brightly colored matt glaze were mostly yellow to brownish, but later became a more orangey yellow, graduating into green. This very popular orange