Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Plate

ca. 1928-1930 (designed), ca. 1928-1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain circular plate with wide orange-red banding painted in the centre is a view of the Porsgrund factory in black and orange-red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with hand painted decoration
Brief description
Porcelain plate with painted decoration of a view of the Porsgrund factory in red and black, designed by Nora Gulbrandsen ca. 1929-1930, made by Porsgrund, Norway.
Physical description
Porcelain circular plate with wide orange-red banding painted in the centre is a view of the Porsgrund factory in black and orange-red.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PP' on either side of an anchor (Printed in green)
  • 'PORSGRUND NORGE' (Printed in green within a circle)
  • '· PORSGRUND PORSELÆN · PORSGRUND PORSELÆN' (On the plate, painted on a circular white band around the image of the factory)
Credit line
Given by the manufacturer
Object history
The similarity of this plate to Soviet ceramics shows Gulbrandsen's interests in trends abroad.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 88 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.132-1988

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2008
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