From the island of Bornholm comes this square stoneware bowl, model 3335, designed by Einar Johansen for Søholm in the 1960s. The number is stamped into the dark brown base beside the Søholm factory mark, so the piece can be matched directly to the Søholm catalogue.
Søholm was founded in 1835 in Rønne and remained one of Bornholm's best-known ceramics works until it closed in 1996. In the mid-20th century the factory built up a large range of stentøj, or stoneware, and Johansen, who worked there from the late 1950s into the mid-1960s, became closely associated with its deep blue glazes, which remain among the most collected Søholm designs today.
The shape sits between a square and a circle, with softly rounded corners and a broad, flat rim. At the centre, a relief of repeating triangles catches the glaze, which gathers darker in the recesses and thins to a lighter blue on the raised edges, so the pattern changes with the light. The outside is left in a matt chocolate-brown finish, framed by a pale unglazed foot ring.
Low and compact, it works as a catch-all for keys or jewellery, a small serving dish or a quiet accent on a shelf. Because the glaze settles differently on every firing, each example carries its own variations of tone.
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