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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Havstrut

Figure
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a seagull, made of mixed stonewares, hand-built, and scattered with coarse sand and partly glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHavstrut (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Mixed stonewares, hand-built, and scattered with coarse sand and partly glazed
Brief description
Figure of a seagull 'Havstrut', made of mixed stonewares, hand-built, and scattered with coarse sand and partly glazed, made by Henrik Allert, Gothenburg, 1987.
Physical description
Figure of a seagull, made of mixed stonewares, hand-built, and scattered with coarse sand and partly glazed.
Dimensions
  • Length: 56cm
Marks and inscriptions
'H. ALLERT' [incised]
Gallery label
Figure of a bird 'Havstrut' 'Seagull' Made by Henrik Allert, Gothenburg, Sweden 1987 Marks: 'H.Allert', incised. Mixed stonewares, handbuilt, scattered with coarse sand and partly glazed C.105-1988(16/07/2008)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 124 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.105-1988

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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