Fabulous Danish Mid Century c. 1960s Aluminia "Tenera" Series Faience Vase by Inge-Lise Koefoed. Vase 7.25" tall. Weight 2 pds 8 oz. PROVENANCE: A private Annapolis MD / Charleston SC Estate. Tenera was a special line because of it's design diversity. Designed by the mid century master, Nils Thorsson, many of the motifs have the color blue in common, but the use of color, and texture, has some exquisite variations with each designer's work. Tenera's design team consisted of: Berte Jessen, Inge Lise-Koefoed, Marianne Johnson, Kari Christensen, Bethe Breyen, Grete Helland-Hansen & Johanne Gerber. The Aluminia Faience factory was founded in the year 1862 founded by August Schiottt (1834 - 1863). In 1868 Philip Schou took over the factory and moved the production to Frederiksberg. In 1882 he bought the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory and the two companies merged to one. The production of faience lived its own quite life in the shadow of the blooming interest for industrial production of porcelain at Royal Copenhagen. But the period from 1901 - 1928 became a new period of success under the artistic input from Chr. Joachim (1870-1943) and Harald Slott-Moler (1864-1937). They created the important works of Danish Skonvirke in the coloristic Art faience of Aluminia. Later Nils Thorsson took the manufactory into the new and final era in the period 1928-1969.

good, minor age appropriate very light crazing