Small Glazed Stoneware Cup – Birgit Knupfer – La Borne, 2020s

Small glazed stoneware cup, with a slightly irregular cylindrical shape.

Its ivory white glaze, dotted with small brown and black specks, contrasts with the unglazed stoneware base. The interior features the same glaze, with slight variations in shade due to firing.

A small, understated and tactile piece, characteristic of the work of Birgit Knupfer, a Danish ceramist based in La Borne. Handmade, it combines formal simplicity with rich materiality. Born in Aarhus, Denmark in 1946, Birgit Knupfer first worked as a ceramist in her home country for about ten years before settling in France, first in Morvan and then in La Borne, in the Cher region.