Lyngby Tura: Softer Fluting from Vase to Serving Dish

Lyngby Porcelæn built its name on a single ribbed vase, so any new series from the house is measured against it. Tura, designed by Philip Bro Ludvigsen, keeps the grooves but loosens them: the fluting is softer and wider, and the shapes swell where the classic vase stays upright. This piece looks at what defines Tura, how the three vase heights differ, and how the same language carries over to the oval serving dishes and candle holders.

The fluting, opened out

The original Lyngby Vase appeared in 1936, the year the factory began making porcelain, and its tight vertical ribs have been the house signature ever since. The ribs are narrow and closely spaced, which gives the classic vase its crisp, almost architectural rhythm. If you know that shape, the relationship to Tura is obvious at a glance, and so is the difference.

On Tura the grooves are broader and shallower in feeling, and they follow a body that bulges, tapers and turns. Lyngby Porcelæn describes the large vase as inspired by female shapes, and that is the clearest way to read it: the ribs no longer run straight up a cylinder but stretch over a curve, so the light catches each groove differently as the surface rounds away from you. The brand calls the series a collection that honours its past while combining classic shapes, architectural influences and artisanal techniques. In practice that means the same white porcelain and the same idea of form doing the work of decoration, handled with more volume and more movement.

All the Tura pieces are white porcelain finished with a transparent glaze. The glaze matters here. Because it is clear rather than coloured, it pools slightly in the grooves and thins on the ridges, which is what makes the fluting read from across a room instead of only up close.

Three vase heights, three different characters

Tura began with the large vase and has since gained two smaller ones. They are not simply scaled copies. Each has its own proportions, so it is worth choosing by shape as much as by height.

• H34 cm. The Lyngby Tura Vase H34 cm white porcelain is the statement piece of the family: 34 cm tall, 26 cm in diameter and 2.76 kg. That weight gives it real stability, which helps with long branches or a heavy bouquet, and the wide body means it holds its own on a sideboard or the floor beside a chair even when empty.
• H14.5 cm. The Lyngby Tura Vase H14.5 cm white porcelain is described by the brand as having a wide and soft expression focused on the lower part of the vase. It measures Ø13.5 cm, almost as wide as it is tall, and weighs 0.62 kg. Think of it as a low, generous form for short stems, a few garden roses cut down, or a cluster of herbs on the kitchen table.
• H18 cm. The Lyngby Tura Vase H18 cm white porcelain takes the opposite route, with a longer neck and a narrower Ø12 cm body at the same 0.62 kg. The neck gathers stems together, so it suits a single branch, a few tulips or anything that needs support to stand upright.

The two small vases work well as a pair because they contrast rather than repeat. Set side by side, the squat H14.5 cm and the taller, necked H18 cm make a small composition on their own, and placing the H34 cm behind them gives a stepped group of three with one shared surface.

From vase to serving dish

The most interesting step in the series is the move to the table. With the oval platters, Lyngby Porcelæn says it continues its graphic design language, inspired by patterns in sand and stone from distant places. The vases are voluminous and sculpted; the platters are flat, and the grooves have to do all the work on the surface instead. The brand describes them as both a natural extension of Tura and an independent design statement, and that is a fair reading. They share the crisp, rhythmic grooves of the vases, but because there is no curved body to wrap around, the pattern reads more like a texture or a drawing than a form.

The Lyngby Tura Oval serving dish 34x14.5 cm white is the smaller of the two: 34 by 14.5 cm, 2.5 cm high and 0.66 kg. That long, narrow format is well suited to sliced cheese, cured meats, a row of small cakes or a side of roasted vegetables passed along a table. The larger dish measures 48 by 20 cm and weighs 1.5 kg, which makes it the one to reach for with a whole fish or a main course for several people. Both are dishwasher safe, so the grooves need no special handling after a dinner.

Lyngby Porcelæn also presents the platters as decorative wall objects. Hung rather than stacked in a cupboard, a white grooved oval behaves much like a relief, and the clear glaze picks up raking light from a window in the same way the vases do.

Candle holders: the smallest Tura pieces

The range also includes two candle holders. The Tura Candle holder H12.5 cm is the slender one, Ø7.5 cm and 0.25 kg. The Tura Block candle holder H10 is lower and broader, Ø11.5 cm and 0.41 kg. They echo the relationship between the two small vases: one tall and narrow, one squat and wide. On a dining table they bridge the scale gap between a flat serving dish and a vase, so a centre line of platter, vase and candle holder reads as one set rather than three unrelated objects.

Living with Tura

White ribbed porcelain is easy to place because it does not compete with colour elsewhere in a room, but the Tura shapes do ask for a little space. The H34 cm vase in particular looks best with clear surface around it, where its curve can be seen in profile. The small vases are more forgiving and sit comfortably on a windowsill, a bedside table or a bookshelf.

Care is straightforward. Wipe the vases with a damp cloth, and when changing flower water, run a soft brush around the inside of the neck on the H18 cm. The serving dishes go in the dishwasher. If you already own the classic ribbed vase, Tura sits next to it without clashing, since the material and glaze are the same and only the rhythm of the fluting changes. Our piece on the Lyngby Vase as a Danish classic covers that original shape in more detail.

To see Tura alongside the Lyngby Vase, Rhombe and the rest of the range, browse the full Lyngby Porcelæn collection.