Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda andersen studio A sweet and curious little

A sweet and curious little porcelain hand-shaped vase

This wonderful Burmese box is a lovely green with finely detailed flowers and vines incised in silver

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Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda andersen studio A sweet and curious littleThese geometrically patterned candleholders, c. mid 1960s, are a great example of the work of Marianne Suda, a ceramic artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1928, who Immigrated to Canada in 1954 and was based in Quebec. Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand formed candleholders. They are made of dark brown clay with cream,