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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Praktika

Set of Stacking Dishes and Lid
1933 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Kåge, Wilhelm (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

These bowls are known with three different decorations; the other versions are called 'Camping' and 'Kitchenette'. Inexpensive to produce, they were for everyday use in the kitchen and on the table. First exhibited in Oslo in 1933, they were acclaimed for their easily cleaned, simple shapes, and compactness in storage, qualities especially associated with Swedish design.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Set of stacking dishes and lid
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Dish
  • Dish
  • Dish
  • Dish
  • Lid
TitlePraktika (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with hand painted decoration in enamel
Earthenware
Enamel
Painted
Brief description
Set of stacking dishes and lid, part of a range 'Praktika', 'Weekend' pattern, designed by Wilhelm Kåge, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1933.
Physical description
White earthenware stacking dishes, oval with rounded sides, low foot rim, the smallest dish has a lid, decorated with hand painted green enamel banding around rims.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG' and an anchor (Printed in black.)
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG 1933', an anchor, '1325' and an indistinct symbol (Impressed)
Gallery label
  • STACKING BOWLS: PRAKTIKA 'WEEK-END' Designed by Wilhelm Kåge (Swedish, 1889-1960) Made by the Gustavsberg factory, Sweden, 1933 Earthenware, hand-painted Given by the maker C.182& a-d-1988 These bowls are known with three different decorations; the other versions are called 'Camping' and 'Kitchenette'. Inexpensive to produce, they were for everyday use in the kitchen and on the table. First exhibited in Oslo in 1933, they were acclaimed for their easily cleaned, simple shapes, and compactness in storage, qualities especially associated with Swedish design.(1992)
  • Praktika stacking dishes and plate Sweden, weekend pattern designed 1933 by Wilhelm Kåge for AB Gustavsberg, with banded decoration Museum nos. C.215-1985, given by Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman; C.182 to D-1988, given by AB Gustavsberg(2009)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a range 'Praktika' [C.182 to D-1988, C.215-1985].
Summary
These bowls are known with three different decorations; the other versions are called 'Camping' and 'Kitchenette'. Inexpensive to produce, they were for everyday use in the kitchen and on the table. First exhibited in Oslo in 1933, they were acclaimed for their easily cleaned, simple shapes, and compactness in storage, qualities especially associated with Swedish design.
Bibliographic references
  • Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ISBN 1851770712.
  • Christopher Wilk (ed.). Modernism 1914-1939: designing a new world. London: V&A Publications, 2006. cat. no. 239, p. 370.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.182&A-D-1988

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2006
Record URL
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