Mid-Century Chamotte stoneware dish, design by Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus

Green & Withe chamotte stoneware dish, marked and signed on the bottom.

Creator: Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Denmark
Manufacture: Palshus

Dimensions: 
height: 4 cm.
diameter: 15 cm.

Style: Mid-Century Modern 
Materials and Techniques: Stoneware/Ceramic
Place of Origin: Denmark, Copenhagen
Period: Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture: 1960s
Condition: Good, wear consistent with age

About the Per Linnemann-Schmidt

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 ran the company.

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 Palhus in 1972 but returned to his first vocation as an artist: drawing, painting, and sculpting.