hedgehog

Set of 6 Walter Bosse style stacking metal hedgehog ashtray / dishes and a Kosta Boda etched glass hedgehog designed by Vicke Lindstrand

Contrasting vintage hedgehogs, the dark metal Walter Bosse style set of 6 stacking small ashtrays is a beautiful and ingenious design and a real mid century classic.  The Kosta Boda clear glass paperweight, designed by Vicke Lindstrand exemplifies the minimal Scandinavian aesthetic, a simple form with etched spines.  Vintage woodland animals to add some nature inspired retro style to any interior this autumn.

Vintage Goebel Pottery Hedgehog dish, KZ 98, West Germany circa 1950

Whilst the current trend for vintage West German pottery is almost exclusively aimed at the ‘Fat Lava’ genre and the factories that produced outlandish designs, some great designs can be found from unexpected makers.  Such as this lovely Hedgehog dish from Goebel Porzellan, known predominantly for their Hummel figurines!  This is a very stylish Mid-century animal figure that would quite happily sit alongside its ‘Fat Lava’  contemporaries in a collection, and would complement the similarly styled Walter Bosse brass figures.