Designer Desire: Tias Eckhoff

Montage of Tias Eckhoff designs

Tias Eckhoff (1926-2016) was a Norwegian industrial designer. Probably chiefly known for his cutlery, he also created furniture, crockery, cookware, glassware and door furniture.

He attended the Norwegian State College of Applied Arts and Crafts where he graduated with a degree in ceramic arts in 1949. Early in his career, he designed for Porsgrund for whom he produced the successful Det riflede ceramic range in 1949.

His cutlery designs include Una, Norstaal, Tiki and Maya for Stelton (previously Norsk Stålpress), Opus for Lundtofte and Cypress for Georg Jensen.

His work is in the permanent collections of institutions such as the V&A in London and Denver Art Museum.

Find examples of his designs for sale on Etsy and Pamono.

Portrait of Tias Eckhoff
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Much more Mills Moore

Mills Moore mark on a vintage bottle opener | H is for Home

We mentioned some newly-acquired, vintage Mills Moore cutlery in a recent Forthcoming Attractions post. Here are some more images of the set.

Place setting using vintage cutlery and white crockery | H is for Home

This range of cutlery, dating from the 1960s, is one of the items that we’re most often asked about – in terms of current availability or asking to be alerted if we get more in stock.

Place setting with Mills More cutlery and white crockery | H is for Home

So here’s that alert! It’s not been listed in the web shop as yet, so first dibs for readers of our mail-outs and blog.

Place setting with Mills More cutlery and white crockery | H is for Home

As you can see, it’s a really stylish range of cutlery.

Detail of a knife and fork | H is for Home

Beautifully made from stainless steel with lovely walnut handles, this vintage Mills Moore cutlery is a mid century modern classic. No wonder it was selected and endorsed by the Design Centre in London!

One each of main knife & fork, starter knife & fork, soup spoon, dessert spoon, teaspoon, bottle opener and cork screw | H is for Home

We have at least six each of all the knives, forks and spoons as shown above – plus a very nice matching corkscrew and bottle opener. Drop us a line if you’re interested!

Forthcoming Attractions: April 2019

Vintage homeware selection | H is for Home

It’s been a while since we did one of our Forthcoming Attractions posts. We did actually hold back from buying new stock for a while during the deepest winter months. However, spring has now sprung, so we’re getting back out on the vintage trail. Here’s a small selection of our recent finds.

Vintage Stavangerflint plates designed by Arvid Reikvam | H is for Home

This pair of 1950s/60s plates have illustrations featuring a couple at leisure – playing music together in one, and fishing in another. They’re very sweet, whimsical & charming – and the work of a designer whose name is new to us – one, Arvid Reikvam. We’ll certainly have to investigate him further. The plates were produced by a very familiar company however – Stavangerflint of Norway.

Egersund pottery dish | H is for Home

On to another well-known maker of vintage Scandinavian pottery – indeed, another Norwegian factory, Egersund. We love this simple, stylised flower design. We have a few pieces dotted around our own house. This handled dish has a multitude of possible uses – or it could just sit on a shelf looking pretty!

Vintage white goose-neck desk lamp | H is for Home

Next up is a bit of vintage lighting, something we’re always keen to get hold of – good looking and useful. This flexi-neck desk lamp has a real space age style. We like the shade detailing too, three narrow slots allowing shafts of light upwards in addition to the main downward directional task light.

Vintage orange metal numbers | H is for Home

We couldn’t resist these vintage metal locker numbers. We loved the bold orange colour and fabulous aged patina. Someone out there must have the perfect use for them!

Mills Moore cutlery set | H is for Home

Last, but certainly not least, we have a large quantity of 1960s Mills Moore cutlery. This beautifully designed range is made from stainless steel with walnut handles. We get many requests for this cutlery so we’re sure that there’ll be some interested parties amongst our readers. We actually have six of each of all the knives, forks and spoons shown above.

All items will be heading to our web shop soon. However, if your particularly keen on anything, please feel free to drop us a line.

We’ve got more Mills Moore!

Vintage Mills Moore cutlery set | H is for Home

One of our most frequent customer enquiries is, “Do you have any more of the Mills Moore cutlery?”

Set of vintage Mills Moore cutlery | H is for Home

People find it here on our blog, our Instagram posts and archived shop listings. Quite often, we have to say, “Sorry, no, not at the moment.” But not today!

Set of vintage Mills Moore cutlery | H is for Home

We’ve just listed a fabulous set of the 1960s stainless steel Mills Moore cutlery – 6 of everything – 42 pieces in all.

Set of vintage Mills Moore cutlery showing maker's mark | H is for Home

This range definitely appears to be the most sought after – and we also very much like the form of this particular design. We love the walnut handles too, with their warm colour and differences in tone. The quality is excellent and they feel really good in the hand.

Set of vintage Mills Moore cutlery | H is for Home

It’s been listed today, so if you’re one of those people who’s been keen to get hold of some, now’s your chance!