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

Liekki

Cooking Pot and Cover
1957-1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware cooking pot and cover with brown glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Casserole
  • Casserole Cover
Titles
  • Liekki (manufacturer's title)
  • Flame (series title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with brown glaze
Brief description
'Liekki' (flame) stoneware cooking pot with handle and cover with brown glaze, part of a cooking set, designed by Ulla Procopé, made by Arabia, Helsinki, Finland, in production 1957-1978.
Physical description
Stoneware cooking pot and cover with brown glaze.
Marks and inscriptions
'ARABIA WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND', a crown and a cooking pot within a flame (Printed in green, location unspecified)
Gallery label
Cooking pot and cover 'Liekki (Flame) range' Designed by Ulla Procopé, made by Arabia, Helsinki, Finland in production 1957-78 Marks: 'Arabia Wärtsilä Finland', a crown and a cooking pot within a flame, '11-73 3', printed in green Stoneware C.45B&C-1988 Given by the maker(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
In production 1957-1978
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 66 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.45B&C-1988

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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