Provenance: Swedish private collection. Original owner’s family. Acquired in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Literature: “Axel Salto - Stentøjsmesteren”, CLAY Keramikmuseum Danmark, model ill. p. 142.

Model designed 1946.

The butterfly wing glaze appeared by first adding black olivine glaze to the object, then Clair de Lune glaze. The sprouting style is dominant on the works Salto made during his association with Royal Copenhagen.