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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Pegasus

Figure
1938 (original model made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware figure of a recumbent Peagsus covered with turquoise glaze. Shape 3619.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePegasus (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware
Brief description
'Pegasus' figure, stoneware, modelled by Hans Henrik Hansen, made by Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1938
Physical description
Stoneware figure of a recumbent Peagsus covered with turquoise glaze. Shape 3619.
Dimensions
  • Length: 35cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK’ around a crown (Printed in green)
  • '3619' (Incised)
  • 'HH 31' (Incised)
  • Three undulating lines (Painted in blue)
  • '3619' (painted in blue)
Gallery label
Figure 'Pegasus' modelled by Hans Henrik Hansen, made by Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1938 Marks: 'Royal Copenhagen Denmark' around a crown printed in green, '3619' and 'HH 31' incised, three wavy lines 3619' painted in lbue Stoneware C.111-1986(23/05/2008)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 42 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.111-1986

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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