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

Koti

Plate
1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware plate with painted decoration of a central flower, leaves and banded border in red, brown and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKoti (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
'Koti' plate of earthenware with painted decoration of a central flower, leaves and banded border in red, brown and green, made by Arabia, Finland, shaped and decoration designed by Greta-Lisa Jäderholm-Snellman, 1932.
Physical description
Earthenware plate with painted decoration of a central flower, leaves and banded border in red, brown and green.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ARABIA', factory building and 'SUOMI FINLANDIA' (Printed in green/blue)
  • 'KÄSINMAALATTU HANDMÅLAD 'KOTI' (Printed in lustre)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 62 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.51D-1988

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2008
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