One thing we’ve noticed while thrifting for items is that we seem to find things in bunches. That is – we’ll find three La Gardo Tackett Schimd items during a period of 1 month, and then we won’t find any others for the next half year. We’re not sure why that is, but as long as we’re find stuff, we’re certainly not going to complain!

Earlier we’d posted about a number of nice Scandinavian items scored at the thrift. It turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg – here are three more items found just the week after that. (We actually found quite a bit more, but they just didn’t all make it into this photo.)

We’ve found the Viking-themed Hoyrupp line from Nymolle before, but this time it was nice to get both a cup and saucer. They have several different patterns for this line, but they all have similar colors and subject material.

The little streamlined Arabia of Finland pitcher (creamer?) in the back is a really nice item that we wish we knew more about. We like the minimal design and wonder what the other items in the series might look like. It does have a stamp that dates it to 1964-71, but we haven’t been able to find the name of the line yet

Interestingly, it also has the in-mold initials marked as “M.K.” but we haven’t been able to pair that up with a designer yet. The closest current shape seems to be the KoKo line, as seen on Arabia’s site. If anyone knows more about which line it might be from, please let us know.

[Edit: Just found some items that seems to be consistent with ours - appears to be the Kilta line by Kaj Franck, designed in the early 50s and in production up until 1975. Apparently, it was one of Arabia's most popular tableware models, and it seems they re-introduced it in 1981 and re-christened it "Teema". It appears to be currently for sale on Iittala! I saw this called a "milk jar", and also a cruet which originally had a stopper.]

Lastly, the little angel candleholder is made by the same Nymolle company from Denmark that made the Hoyrup items. We’re uncertain if this is actually a candleholder, though most sellers do refer to it as that. It has a “star shaped” opening that I was thinking would actually make it ideal as a small bud vase for flowers.

We’ve also seen these candleholders attributed at times to the well-known designer Jacob Bang. However, we haven’t seen any proof of that yet, and we believe that it might be a mis-attribution. There are other candleholders that are definitely made by him that look different, and more consistent with his design work.

These items (and the rest of our the Scandinavian finds) should be making their way to the shop in a couple of days.