Not currently on display at the V&A

Bowl

1937 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Thorsson, Nils (designer)
Madslund, Hans A (glazer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

Stoneware bowl with slightly rounded sides, straight rim and supported on a low foot, covered with speckled green/yellow ‘Solfatara’ glaze.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with ‘Solfatara’ glaze
Stoneware
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware with speckled green/yellow 'Solfatara' glaze, designed by Nils Thorsson, glazed by H. A. Madslund, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1937.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with slightly rounded sides, straight rim and supported on a low foot, covered with speckled green/yellow ‘Solfatara’ glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK’ around a crown (Printed in brown)
  • '20366 X NT' in monogram (Incised)
  • Three wavy lines (Painted in blue)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 42 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.15-1939

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167788/bowl-thorsson-nils/
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