An Overview of Gunnar Nylund’s Alphabet Bowls and Dishes
Among Nordic pottery collectors, Gunnar Nylund’s ”alphabet bowls and dishes” are often of great interest. These hand-thrown or molded objects were marked underneath by three letter codes describing their shape. Each model was crafted in a few hundred to a few thousand pieces in the 1950s and 1960s.
ARF model, length 17 cm / 6.7 in
ARO model, length 10 cm (3.9 in) and 16 cm (6.3 in)
ARU model, diameter 13 cm / 3.5 in
ASH model, diameter 8 cm (3.1 in) and 14 cm / 5.5 in
AUA model, length 21 cm / 8.3 in
AUN model, diameter 13 cm / 5.1 in
AXA model, diameter 13 cm (5.1 in) and 22 cm (8.7 in)
AXK model, length 21 cm (8.3 in) and 27 cm (10.6 in)
US model, length 11 cm / 4.3 in
NSU model, length 15 cm / 5.9 in
NSV model, length 13 cm / 5.1 in
NSR model, length 15 cm
NSK model, length 17 cm
SVK model, diameter 8 cm / 3.1 in
AUX model, diameter 10 cm / 3.9 in
AXL model, length 11 cm / 4.3 in
ASE model, diameter 18 cm
