Vase
ca. 1930 (designed)
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Earthenware vase of cylindrical body tapering to the base and with angular shoulder and straight mouth, covered with clear glaze over a cream body and black enamel decoration. Shape D 30; decoration no. 962.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with clear glaze and enamel decoration |
| Brief description | Vase, earthenware with black enamel decoration, designed by Ewald Dahlskog, manufactured by Bo Fajans, Gävle, Sweden, ca. 1930. |
| Physical description | Earthenware vase of cylindrical body tapering to the base and with angular shoulder and straight mouth, covered with clear glaze over a cream body and black enamel decoration. Shape D 30; decoration no. 962. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Designed by Ewald Dahlskog, made by Bo Fajans, Gävle, Sweden about 1930
Marks: 'Bofajans Gefle Made in Sweden'impressed 'D 30-962' painted in black
Earthenware
C.171-1986
'Gefle' is the old spelling for the town 'Gävle'(16/07/2008) |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 108 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | C.171-1986 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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