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Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand
Rare vase model “SYB”, ca. 1950’s

Country
Sweden
Colour
Material
Stoneware
Glaze
Finish
Matte
Height
29 cm ( 11 3/8 in )
Marking
Incised “R (with three crowns), Sweden, CHS SYB”
In the White Sands area of New Mexico in the USA the dunes are stark white, as they are made of gypsum (plaster of Paris) grains. In the main Namib Sand Sea the dune colour varies from pale yellowish near the coast to reddish pink in the far interior. Several theories have been put forward to explain this variation. The main cause is probably that the weathering of iron-bearing material such as rock fragments causes iron-oxide coatings – rust in other words – to form on the surface of grains.