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

Bowl

1917 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain bowl with modelled and pierced decoration of foliage and blossoms, partly aquatic and with a dragonfly, painted in underglaze colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with underglaze and modelled decoration
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain with modelled and pierced decoration, painted in underglaze colours, the original modelled by Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone, manufactured by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, 1917.
Physical description
Porcelain bowl with modelled and pierced decoration of foliage and blossoms, partly aquatic and with a dragonfly, painted in underglaze colours.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three towers and 'B&G KØBENHAVN DANMARK' (Printed in green)
  • 'B&G EHL' in monogram (Printed in blue)
  • '1564/17' (Painted in blue)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 38 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.111-1988

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2008
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