Axel Salto (b. Copenhagen 1889, d. Frederiksberg 1961)
A round stoneware vase modelled with branches, leaves and flowers. Decorated with Celadon glaze. Signed SALTO, 20664. Royal Copenhagen. Made 1952. Designed 1944. H. 29 cm. Diam. 25 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. The vase was a gift from Axel Salto and Gerda Åkesson to the current owner's parents in the 1950s.
Literature: “Axel Salto - Master of Stoneware”, CLAY - Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, ill. pp. 58–59 and in model register fig. 169, p. 174.