Description
Characteristic Bornholm/Danmark vase by Marianne Starck (1938-2007) for Michel Andersen 1960s.
Marianne Starck (1938-2007) was a German-born ceramic designer best known for her work for Michael Andersen & Son (MA&S) which was located in Rønne on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. She was the the company’s art director from 1955 to 1993 at which point the business was sold to Solveig Ussing who had worked for the company since the age of fourteen.
Starck served her apprenticeship in Brunsbüttel, Germany, and later studied graphic design in Germany at Landeskunstschule (University of Fine Arts, Hamburg).
She had many different styles during her long and productive career.
This vase has a wonderful decoration, in a brown/beige glaze, in very good condition, signed with the Bornholm mark, series number and MS monogram, h. 19, diameter 11,5
