Arabia Christmas plate 1986 Christmas Peace settles over the town

Arabia Christmas plate 1986 conveys a quiet and narrative winter scene, where Christmas Peace settles over the town. The motif shows a snow-covered town with a church tower, closely set houses, and people moving calmly through the streets, as if the whole town is entering the more contemplative hours of Christmas. The blue shades against the light snow create the classic Arabia atmosphere, where Finnish winter, town life, and Christmas merge into one motif.

In this year, it is precisely the overall composition that makes an impression. The lit windows, the bare trees, and the small figures in the street scene create life and depth, while the church in the background brings the composition together and emphasizes the feeling of festivity and calm. At the bottom of the plate, the year 1986 appears in gold color, and the fine gold edge around the rim elevates the motif with a warm contrast to the cool blue tones.

This Arabia Christmas plate is designed by Raija Uosikkinen, who was responsible for the series' annual editions from 1978 to 1989. 1986 thus lies in the middle of the first part of the classic range of Arabia Christmas plates, which began in 1978 and are today sought after among collectors of Finnish design and Nordic decorative arts. As a Finnish Christmas plate, it contains both narrative, tradition, and the distinctive expression for which Arabia Finland is known.

The plate is made of stoneware, which gives a robust and solid body. This makes it suitable both as wall decoration and for use on the table, for example as a lunch plate during the Christmas season, where the motif adds a calm winter atmosphere to the table setting. The hand-painted gold decoration is clearly visible on the edge and in the year and adds a fine, lively play to the matte stoneware.

Our example comes from an old residual stock of older Arabia Christmas plates and is therefore unused. This makes this year especially interesting for you who would like to find older quality design with history, but in condition without ordinary use. Many of the plates from this residual stock are still in their original Arabia boxes.

Product information:
Brand: Arabia
Designer: Raija Uosikkinen
Year: 1986
Dimensions: Ø 23 cm
Material: Stoneware
Decoration: Hand-painted gold decoration
Condition: Unused
Hanging: Holes on the back for hanging