50s 60s Vintage Retro Zig Zag Atomic Sputnik Coat Hat Hooks Rack Wooden Ball Stoneware

50s 60s Vintage Retro Zig Zag Atomic Sputnik Coat Hat Hooks Rack Wooden Ball StonewareThe Sputnik coat rack is a stylish, mid century modern piece inspired by the Space Age aesthetic. It features metal frame with colorful wooden ball hooks, resembling the iconic Sputnik satellite launched in 1957. These racks became popular in the 1950s and 1960s, reflecting the fascination with futuristic design. The design is attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, an Italian designer known for his innovative furniture pieces. The coat rack measures 21 & 1 2"

Antique Royal Doulton

when the factory shut down

There is a small original firing flaw to the base

Charlotte Rhead (19 October 1885 ~ 6 November 1947) was an English ceramics designer active in the 1920s and the 1930s in the Potteries area of Staffordshire

Cloisonné is a fascinating and ancient decorative art technique that involves creating designs on metal objects using coloured materials held in place by metal strips or wires

Bahner founded his own jewelry company

The sampler has some deterioration on the right side particularly to  bottom right corner

Before starting Perthshire

the factory had registered its mark of two crossed arrows with the lieutenant general of the Paris police

He was known for moulding wet clay into unusual shapes by applying pressure from the inside of the vessel

5cm height

but legal troubles soon followed