Another of the great stoneware designs by Jens Quistgaard for Danish maker Kronjyden Nissen in the 1960s.
This design is called “Rune”, and the motifs on the design appears to be based upon or give an impression of early Runes (turned on their side) which were which were used to write various Germanic/Scandinavian languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet.
Again it is a stoneware dinner service, this time with a smooth semi matte glaze with lovely pale olive green to ochre colours on the rims and edges. Again the brass rattan wrapped handles on some of the pieces add to the feel of being hand-crafted.
Rune Design Cup, Saucer, Plate, Jens Quistgaard for Kronjyden Nissen
Another of the hugely popular designs by Jens Quistgaard for Kronjyden Nissen Denmark c1968 was “Cordial” . This was another of the stoneware series Quistgaard designed – but the matte glaze surfaces of “Contrast” and “Azure” were now replaced with a more versatile and user friendly satin gloss glaze.
The design features an charming embossed repeat pattern of the small connected hearts.
Light grey was the default colour of this design in 1968, but it was made in several other colours later in its production, when it was called the “Palet” Series (see below).
The clay this series was produced from was a black stoneware, compared to the traditional white stoneware of most commercial stoneware dinnerware. This black clay body accentuated the heart design.
In 1984 a range of other colours were introduced to the same design and forms as “Cordial’ and called “Palet”, which was produced until 1988 when Knabstrup closed and production was taken over by Bing & Grondahl ( it is not clear if Quistgaard had any involvement in the addition of other colours to the design, and the renaming of it as “Palet” as opposed to “Cordial”.
There was a range of 6 colour variations in “Palet” included pink, black, white, turquoise, and purple and a soft grey.
Kronjyden Nissen, Jens Quistgaard “Palet” Design Teapot, Black, Photo via “81-s.com” JapanKronjyden Nissen, Jens Quistgaard “Palet” Design Teapot, Purple, Photo via “81-s.com” Japan
Jens Quistgaard’s “Azur” Design was created for Kronjyden Nissen Demark in the early 1960s, soon after “Relief”.
The design features a charming abstracted floral repeat motif, reminiscent of Japanese cherry blossom. The plates are have an octagonal form, and the whole series seems a further refinement of the “Relief” design.
The most common colourway you will find it in is a subtle blue grey, but the design was also made in at least 1 other colour – a chocaltey brown called “Umbra”
Kronjyden Nissen “Azur” Jens Quistgaard, Teapot
Kronjyden Nissen “Azur” Jens Quistgaard – Plate form
