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data-exclude-css-removal="true" > c. 1960s Michael Andersen Sons, Denmark Gerd Hiort Petersen Large Bowl Danish We are offering... A wonderful Mid Century Danish Modern bowl by Michael Andersen Sons (MAS), done by the artist Gerd Hiort Petersen. This charming bowl depicts a woman on a loom with a cat by her feet eyeing a ball of yarn. The glaze is a Persia Glaze, a special craquelure technique developed at Michael Andersen pottery in the 1930s. The underside of this bowl has the appropriate marks & labels, including the inventory number 4106 / 2. Michael Andersen Stentj or Michael Andersen Ceramics, was founded by the Danish pottery maker Jens Michael Andersen (1859-1931) in Rnne, on Bornholm, in 1890. After ended training at ceramics maker Lauritz Hjorth, Jens Michael Andersen took over a highly respected & historic ceramic workshop in Rnne, which had been producing ceramics since 1773, & carried it on, under his own name, Michael Andersen. His four sons were all educated pottery makers, & worked at the factory in Rnne, which mainly produced kitchenware, figurines, vases & jars in Ancient Greek or Nordic style. The oldest son, Daniel Folkmann Andersen (1885-1959), was a clear, creative & artistic talent & in the age of 20, he had a fundamental impact on the artistic development of the factory, as he created products in the new art nouveau style vases with flower or animal decorations & multi-colored glaze. This was a huge success, & helped the company to be one of the most interesting ceramics companies in Denmark, in the early 19th century. in 1916, the company expanded & changed name to Michael Andersen Son, as one of the four sons, Emil Folkmann Andersen (1887-?), became partner. Another of the sons, Michael Ejner Andersen, created during the 1920s, two series of majolica products with simple, clean & smooth shapes; Dania & Kobolt. Jens Michael Andersen, the founder, died in 1931, & at the same time Emil redrew from the company. This meant that Michael Ejner Andersen became the business & commercial manager, Daniel Folkmann Andersen became the artistic director & technical manager, whereas the fourth of the brothers, Pauli Folkmann Andersen remained as plain pottery maker by own choice. At the World Exhibition in Brussels, in 1935, Daniel Folkmann Andersen won the gold medal for a new glazing technique the Persia-technique. This emphasized their position as one of leading in creative & innovative ceramic design, in Denmark. Up through the 1950s & 1960s, the company gradually changed the production to be more commercial, & the product range was expanded with stoneware in the trending functionalistic style, led on by Danish artist Marianne Starck. in 1993, the Danish Artist ,Solveig Ussing, took over the company & runs it today. Solveig Ussing has worked for the company since she was 14 years old. Bonus info: in the 1890s, the company used a stamp with the name Michael Andersen, written in Gothic letters to hallmark their products. Around 1900
