Three Unique Karin Blom (1881 – 1951, Danish) Stoneware Vases

Her works are not often encountered. She worked closely with Patrick Nordstrom at Royal Copenhagen. She may have used his glaze formulations, e.g. in a 1956 limited edition book (1000 copies) on Patrick Nordstrom there is text describing the type of vases Nordstrom produced for the 1914 Baltic Exhibition in Malmo, Sweden – vases that were apparently a collaboration between Nordstrom and Blom, specifically:

"We also see the beginning of decoration on stoneware with Karin Blom’s beautiful work where flowers, leaves, and branches are painted like ornaments with Nordstrom’s different blue, green and yellow/brown colored glazes.” (This is a rough translation from Danish)

Her work shows the strong influence of Japonisme. Artists inspired by Japonisme were especially affected by its lack of perspective and shadow, flat areas of strong color and use of “open” space.

Before 1916 every piece of stoneware made at Royal Copenhagen was individual numbered and therefore unique. All three of the vases shown here were made before that date (circa 1912-14). One base photo is shown.

These three examples range between 5.0” and 7.5” tall.