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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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15/05/2014 12:48 am  

I just drove 2 hours over the mountains through a freak mid-May 7 inch snowfall for a teak bowl (and early-ish Quistgaard ice bucket). But it seemed worth it for $50. And I really like this bowl.

Anyway, I don't know much about teak bowls, but I believe this is a Nanna Ditzel design. It is marked "M. Monsen, copyright, Denmark" and there is a rectangular space below where some other label has fallen off.

Anybody know any reason I am wrong about this? And what was the relationship between Magne Monsen and Kay Bojesen?

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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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15/05/2014 12:49 am  

And this is the marked...
And this is the marked specimen:
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/decorative-...


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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15/05/2014 12:50 am  

Oh, and Aunt Mark: I blame yo...
Oh, and Aunt Mark: I blame you and that gorgeous teak bowl you found a while back for inspiring me to drive over a mountain pass in a blizzard for a teak bowl.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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15/05/2014 12:57 am  

Forgot to mention that the...
Forgot to mention that the measurements match up:
Mine: 11.5" by 6"
1stDibs: 11.25" by 6"


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15/05/2014 5:01 am  

Hmm
Sure looks the same to me.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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15/05/2014 5:51 am  

Yeah. It looks exactly the...
Yeah. It looks exactly the same to me too. If it were a Danish chair, which I am used to looking at, I'd say the marked specimen proves the attribution, but it isn't and I don't usually pay much attention to bowls.
Also, the attribution in this case indicates this is the second Nanna Ditzel bowl known to the internet, made by M. Monsen who is "royalty" for having turned the Finn Juhl for Bojesen bowls. This makes it pretty special, and makes me extra cautious in reaching the conclusion even though everything points there.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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19/05/2014 9:25 pm  

Emailed Dennie Ditzel and...
Emailed Dennie Ditzel and heard back:
I can confirm that your bowl is designed by my parents Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel. It?s designed in 1955.
And I said thanks to you, I didn?t knew it was produced by Magne Monsen, the sample we have is probably a proto type is has no stamps at all. In our archive it looks like it had been reproduced in 1962, which was after my father?s death, and therefor only my mother?s name.
Best regards
Dennie
I feel honored to be the caretaker of this wonderful bowl.


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19/05/2014 9:28 pm  

How wonderful.
This piece found it's rightful guardian.
Best,
Aunt Mark


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19/05/2014 10:58 pm  

That is awesome.
Thanks for posting the update.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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19/05/2014 11:23 pm  

Dennie Ditzel also sent me a...
Dennie Ditzel also sent me a photo of same bowl. And it has salad servers sticking out. It seems right and fitting the bowl should be outfitted with these very slender salad servers.
Anyone recognize them?


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19/05/2014 11:33 pm  

Spectacular piece leif
We love beautiful teak bowls too.


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19/05/2014 11:51 pm  

You gave the dims.
But that image with the tongs really lends a sense of scale.
That bowl is huge.
Especially for a solid piece. We've had a number of very nice Quistgaard teak salad bowls, but they have all been laminated. A solid teak piece that size is very impressive.


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20/05/2014 12:04 am  

Pegboard: yeah it is some...
Pegboard: yeah it is some sort of strange optical illusion that it likes to appear smaller in photographs.
It is made from a block of the tightest-grained teak I've ever seen. I think this is why it is able to be as large as it is. And have such thin walls and a very thin lip.
And speaking of grain, pegboard, those bowls are magnificent!


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20/05/2014 1:41 am  

The tongs look very similar to
mine but mine have less of a change in diameter from the center to the end (I can't think of a clearer way to say that, though I'm sure there is one). Mine are 14.5" long and are marked with a penguin. I got them at an auction, and yes, they do need oiling!


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20/05/2014 1:53 am  

I have the same set
of those salad tongs *spanky*....They are Stelton (if you didn't know that already:-)


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