Palshus Stoneware vase, design by Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Denmark 1960s

Modern stoneware vase, marked and signed on the bottom PLS, for Per Linnemann-Schmidt.

Creator: Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Manufacture: Palshus, Denmark

Dimensions:
Height: 13 cm.
Diameter: 8 cm.

Period: Mid-Century Modern Danish
Style: Rustic
Colour: Green/Grey
Materials and Techniques: Stoneware/Ceramic
Place of Origin: Denmark, Copenhagen
Period: Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture: 1960s
Line No. 422
Condition: Good, wear consistent with age

About the designer:
Danish sculptor and ceramic artist Per Linnemann-Schmidt (1912-1999), began studying at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1931.

During the 1930s and 1940s, he specialized in portrait sculptures. In 1949 Per established, together with his wife Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt (1918 - 1969), Palshus Stoneware outside of Copenhagen in the small town of Sengeløse.

Linnemann-Schmidt designed and created the pieces which included tableware, vases and lamps while his wife Anna ran the company. Unfortunately, Anna was killed in a traffic accident in 1969, and the factory closed as a result, a few years later.

Per was self-taught in glazing techniques and further developed the beautiful matte Harefur Glaze. Colors were characteristic Scandinavian earthy tones: blues, browns, and beige.
Linneman-Schmidt closed Palshus in 1972 but returned to his first vocation as an artist: drawing, painting, and sculpting.