Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Tiled, glazed earthenware vases and Baca bowl, abstract design, circa 1960s Beautiful pieces of high-level Danish craftsmanship, signed and numbered Dimensions cm. Large vase H 14,5 W 17,5 D 6 2,4 Small vase H 19 W 6 D 6 Bowl H 3.5 W 17 D 17 Nils Thorsson (1898-1975) first appeared as an artist when he exhibited a series of vases in 1925 (the Autumn Series) which were awarded a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition. From 1930 he became artistic director of the Aluminia factory and from 1949 he had the artistic supervision of the stoneware department of the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen. Thorsson's work is represented in the Copenhagen Museum of Fine Arts, the Royal Institute of Technology, the Museum of Porcelain Manufacture, the Victoria