Ejvind Nielsen (Danish, 1916-1988), Two Studio Bud Vases

Circa 1960s, glazed stoneware, each featuring a bulbous waist with vertical incised glaze striations, the taller in dark manganese type glaze, inscribed "Ejv. Nielson" and stamped "DANMARK" to underside (8 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.); the smaller with a white glaze and small stylized handles, inscribed "Ejv. Nielson" to underside (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.).

The work of Ejvind Nielsen has become highly sought after amongst collectors. It is not clear where he studied or apprenticed, but he spent time in England in the 1930s and then served in Spain as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. Nielsen opened his own pottery studio in 1943 in Hvidovre, Denmark which remained operational until the mid-1980s.

Opening his pottery studio during WWII meant materials were in short supply, so it appears Nielson shifted to working at Royal Copenhagen under Thorkild Ohlsen for a period. While he was there, he also collaborated with his wife Lizzi on exotic and domestic animal tiles.

The vases in this lot display his characteristic use of subtle and natural toned glazes that blend or bleed combined with incised markings that are, at times, geometric.

Biography Courtesy of The Maker's Guild, Diedre Jordan.

Good estate condition; fleabites and small minor firing chip to larger vase.