Produced with Hans Hansen in their studio.
Signed with initials & dated on the base.
Height : 27,5 cm

Bode Willumsen started out training as a blacksmith but quickly took up drawing. In the 1920s he was employed at both the Bing and Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen Factories where he designed ceramics, often using sculptural forms of animals and mythical beasts applied to ceramic vessels. In 1932 he set up a studio briefly with Axel Salto before establishing his own studio where he worked with Hans Hansen from 1937. He produced distinctive ceramics that have a seemingly rustic look but which are highly accomplished works that have an important place in Danish ceramics. In 1942 the war made it difficult for him to source materials so he returned to Royal Copenhagen and designed there until 1947. In later life after the war he mainly focused on enamel work.