Found this at an estate sale. It’s like a bowl that’s 3/4 covered. I thought it might be a dried flower vase for a wall, but there’s no place on the back to hang it. No inventions for smokables. Anyone have any ideas what it is?
Scrolled through this online museum for arabia stuff but didn't find that design. They don't claim to have everything though, just some 2000+ designs..
http://arabia.kokoelma.fi/etusivu_esittely.aspx
But there should be more info on the bottom to help identify it! Something like this, that would hopefully have name of the series
Edit: found this posting on a Finnish site:
https://www.tori.fi/recommerce/forsale/item/15126547
Still no idea what it's for but it's listed as a bowl. Probably just an art piece of a bowl without a specific purpose. Designer's name is Gunnel Sallmen
More info on some Japanese website, no idea how credible. http://www.hamon-okayama.jp/item/583/?mode=pc
Machine translation below:
Manufacturer: ARABIA.
■Series: Art Department Vase.
■Size (cm): φ13, height 3.5.
■Era: 60S.
■Design: Gunnel Salmen.
This is a flat vase made by Arabia's art department, the Art Department. It was designed by Gunnel Salmen.
The Arabia Art Department was an art department that did not aim for mass production, but allowed creators to create freely.
Finland's most famous designers, such as Kaj Franck and Kaipianen, were on staff.
The number of pieces produced was very small, making it very rare even in Finland.
