Sugar/jam bowl and creamer from rare modernist serving series Black and White by Finnish designer Nanny Still. Handmade.
Just look at this creamers handle form, and sophisticated colors of inner and outer lays of glass. Succinct geometric shapes and unconventional color choices were distinctive features of the modernist style.
Riihimäki glassworks, 1957-68. Sugar bowl 4.5 x 8 cm, creamer 6 x 7 cm. Excellent vintage condition.
Why to buy Nanny Still glass
Still was one of the most renowned European glass designers of the mid-20th century.
She was a Scandinavian designer who worked for the flagship design factories, Riihimäki in Finland and Rosenthal in Germany. She received the highest honor of Finland, the Pro Finlandia medal, and was recognized with a prestigious award at the Milano Triennale.
Her works can be seen in museums across Scandinavia, such as the Finnish Glass Museum, as well as in continental Europe
