Axel Salto (b. Copenhagen 1889, d. Frederiksberg 1961)
A large, round stoneware vase modelled in budded style. Decorated with Solfatara glaze. Signed Salto. Royal Copenhagen. Designed 1944. H. 27 cm. Diam. 28 cm.
Provenance: Private collection of merchant Iver Lemche, Hellerup, Denmark. Thence inherited within the family.
Literature: “Axel Salto - Master of Stoneware”, CLAY- Keramikmuseum Danmark, ill. p. 84 and in model register fig. 216, p. 177.
Decorative art and design, 12 June 2023