1940s Retro Japanese Gansai Watercolor Set foliage Trained artisans cut and collage

Trained artisans cut and collage our designs onto handblown glass

Painted carved wood from the Black Forest

12" W x 16" H

The complete service is made up of 28 classic and innovative models

1940s Retro Japanese Gansai Watercolor Set foliage Trained artisans cut and collageThe 1940s Wartime rages on in this set, beginning with a punchy blood red amongst luscious jewel tones. Decadent emerald greens together with burnt yellow and tangerine recall Picassos paintings of seated women. Vivid blues and a rich purple represent the patriotic sentiments of life on the home front. These colours are symbolic of a tumultuous decade full of revolution: the wartime inventions, the end of Modernism, the bold motifs of wartime