This hand-turned Danish teak bowl embodies the sculptural elegance of mid-century modern design. Broad at the rim and tapering to a narrower base, its proportions balance strength and lightness, allowing the material itself to shine. The teak has developed a deep, even patina over the decades, its grain has grown warm and luminous with age.
Teak was the favored wood of Danish designers in the 1950s and ’60s. They valued it for its durability, rich color, and natural oils, which allowed pieces like this to withstand decades of daily use. Danish designers often sourced teak from former colonial trade routes in Southeast Asia. Teak thus carried a dark global history into Scandinavian workshops, linking Nordic modernism with tropical resources.
Spring Moon acquired this example in Berlin from an Italian merchant who specializes in 20th-century design. Its journey—from Southeast Asia to the hands of a Danish turner in the 1960s, through decades of private use, to an Italian dealer in Berlin—mirrors the international circulation of Scandinavian modernism itself. Today, it stands as both a functional object and a piece of design history.
Origin: Denmark, circa 1960
Material: Hand-turned teak wood
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Dimensions: 9.8 in x 6 in x 4.5 in (25 cm x 6 cm x 12 cm)
Weight: 2 lbs (907 grams)
Condition: Excellent vintage patina
This hand-turned Danish teak bowl embodies the sculptural elegance of mid-century modern design. Broad at the rim and tapering to a narrower base, its proportions balance strength and lightness, allowing the material itself to shine. The teak has developed a deep, even patina over the decades, its grain has grown warm and luminous with age.
Teak was the favored wood of Danish designers in the 1950s and ’60s. They valued it for its durability, rich color, and natural oils, which allowed pieces like this to withstand decades of daily use. Danish designers often sourced teak from former colonial trade routes in Southeast Asia. Teak thus carried a dark global history into Scandinavian workshops, linking Nordic modernism with tropical resources.
Spring Moon acquired this example in Berlin from an Italian merchant who specializes in 20th-century design. Its journey—from Southeast Asia to the hands of a Danish turner in the 1960s, through decades of private use, to an Italian dealer in Berlin—mirrors the international circulation of Scandinavian modernism itself. Today, it stands as both a functional object and a piece of design history.
Origin: Denmark, circa 1960
Material: Hand-turned teak wood
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Dimensions: 9.8 in x 6 in x 4.5 in (25 cm x 6 cm x 12 cm)
Weight: 2 lbs (907 grams)
Condition: Excellent vintage patina
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