Description:

Ipsens Enke
Ashtray, vase and pipe holder. Denmark, circa 1920s–30s.

A set of three stoneware pieces with multicolored slip and glaze in orange, green and brown tones. Comprising: an ashtray with landscape motif, a small three-legged vase, and a pipe holder with organic forms.

Artist/Manufacturer: Ipsens Enke
Model numbers: 249, 50 and 150
Material: Stoneware
Dimensions: H. 2–8 cm., D. 6–13 cm.
Signature: Factory stamps and model numbers, “DENMARK”
Period: 1920s–30s
Condition: Very good condition, minor wear consistent with age

Bio:
Ipsens Enke (founded 1843 by potter Louise Ipsen in Copenhagen) became one of Denmark’s most significant stoneware manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The factory produced both classicist vases inspired by antiquity and decorative utilitarian wares reflecting naturalistic and stylized trends of the time. In the 1920s and 1930s, colored glazes and organic forms were especially popular, making Ipsens Enke an important contributor to Danish ceramic tradition.