Luna plate, 15 cm, brown

The Luna plate is part of the Luna glass series designed by Kaj Franck for Nuutajärvi glass in 1970. The charming brown plate measures 15 cm in diameter and is ideal as a cake plate. 

The Luna glass series includes round and oval plates and bowls, as well as a tumbler called Fontana, which was designed already in 1968. The bowls and plates of the Luna series have a rounder, thicker edge. The series was in production from 1971 to 2001. The functional pressed glass collection was made in many different colours such as brown, blue, clear and green.

Kaj Franck

Nuutajärvi Glassworks was established in Urjala in 1793, and until 2014 it was the oldest glass factory still operating in Finland. The Nuutajärvi glass factory area is nowadays listed among the nationally important built cultural environments by The National Board of Antiquities. During its long history, Nuutajärvi Glassworks manufactured everything from window glass to design glass.

Kaj Franck was the longest-running artistic director of the Nuutajärvi Glassworks between 1951 and 1973. The glass factory also employed several other well-known Finnish glass designers such as Gunnel Nyman, Saara Hopea, Oiva Toikka, Heikki Orvola and Kerttu Nurminen. Independent glass designers and artists still work and manufacture glass objects at the Nuutajärvi glass factory area. The Nuutajärvi Glass Museum Prykäri, designed by Kaj Franck, also locates in the area.