An Overview of Gunnar Nylund’s Alphabet Vases
Among Nordic pottery collectors, Gunnar Nylund’s ”alphabet vases” 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.
AKC model, height 16 cm / 6.3 in
AKL model, height 23 cm / 9.1 in
AKT model, height 44 cm / 17.3 in
ARA model, height 16 cm / 6.3 in
ARB model, height 26 cm / 10.2 in
ARH model, height 15 cm (5.9 in) and 22 cm (8.7 in)
ARI model, height 16 cm / 6.3 in
ARL model, height 20 cm / 7.9 in
ARS model, height 25 cm (9.8 in) and 34 cm (13.4 in)
ARX model, height 24 cm (9.4 in) and 29 cm (11.4 in)
ARZ model, height 19-30 cm / 7.5-11.8 in
ASF model, height 22 cm / 8.7 in
ASG model, height 24 cm / 9.4 in
ASI model, height 14 cm / 5.5 in
ASK model, height 14-20 cm / 5.5-7.9 in
ASL model, height 34 cm / 13.4 in
ASM model, height 29 cm / 11.4 in
ASP model, height 16 cm / 6.3 in
ASQ model, height 23 cm / 9.1 in
AST model, height 18 cm (7.1 in) and 27 cm (10.6 in)
AUD model, height 24 cm (9.4 in) and 30 cm (11.8 in)
AUE model, height 26 cm (10.2 in), 36 cm (14.2 in) and 43 cm (16.9 in)
AUF model, height 18 cm / 7.1 in
AUG model, height 30 cm / 11.8 in
AUK model, height 12 cm (4.7) in and 19 cm (7.5 in)
AUL model, height 18 cm (7.1) in and 22 cm (8.7 in)
AUQ model, height 17 cm / 6.7 in
AUR model, height 34 cm / 13.4 in
AUV model, height 25 cm / 9.8 in
AXE model, height 28 cm / 11.0 in
AXF model, height 15 cm / 5.9 in
AXO model, height 23 cm (9.1 in) and 27 cm (10.6 in)
AXQ model, height 23 cm (9.1 in) and 28 cm (11.0 in)
AXT model, height 53 cm / 20.9 in
AXV model, height 19 cm / 7.5 in
AXZ model, height 19 cm / 7.5 in
CEI model, height 28 cm / 11.0 in
CD model, height 73 cm / 28.7 in
KI model, height 37 cm / 14.6 in
NH model, height 62 cm / 25.2 in
NSA model, height 10 cm / 3.9 in
NSB model, height 14 cm / 5.5 in
NSG model, height 17 cm (6.7 in) and 24 cm (9.4 in)
NSM model, height 30 cm / 11.8 in
NSI model, height 24 cm / 9.4 in
NSQ model, height 15 cm (5.9 in) and 22 cm (8.7 in)
NSY model, height 17-24 cm / 6.7-9.4 in
NSZ model, height 24 cm / 9.4 in
NV model, height 44 cm / 17.3 in
PA model, height 45 cm / 17.7 in
AXI model, height 19 cm / 7.5 in
ASU model, height 14 cm / 5.5 in
NST model, height 7 cm / 2.8 in
ARC model, height 30 cm / 11.8 in
AUM model, height 28 cm / 11.0 in
