1980s Post Modern Dorothy Hafner Rosenthal Flash Dinnerware Set- 67 Pieces

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Large set of Memphis style Flash series porcelain dinnerware for twelve designed in 1982 by noted American ceramist and glass … Read more Large set of Memphis style Flash series porcelain dinnerware for twelve designed in 1982 by noted American ceramist and glass artist, Dorothy Hafner, and manufactured in Germany by Rosenthal. This iconic set has an exuberant pattern of dots, checks, stripes, and dashes in rich and vibrant colors. Each piece is a work of art, serve in style!
Marked Rosenthal, Studio-Linie, Germany.

From Wikipedia
Dorothy Hafner worked as a production manager for the International Craft Film Festival, and beginning in 1976 served as director of the international department of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. For the two years following she was artist-in-residence at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. In 1979 she set up the firm Art in Dining in New York City, under which banner she designed porcelain tableware for such firms as Neiman Marcus and Tiffany & Co.; beginning in 1982 her work was also carried by Rosenthal. Her work has won numerous honors and awards. Hafner began her career as a ceramist, but in 1997 turned exclusively to glass work. Two of her works are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Included in this set are:
12 10.5" dinner plates
12 7.75 " salad plates
12 6.5" bread plates
12 cups and 12 saucers
1 tea pot with lid
1 creamer
1 sugar bowl with lid
2 14” by 9” rectangular serving platters
1 salt shaker
1 pepper shaker See less