Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Vase

ca. 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Francesca Lindh was born to a Finnish-Italian family in Anversa degli Abruzzi, an Italian village known for its ceramics. She moved to Finland when she was 16 and began working at the Arabia ceramics factory.

This studio piece created at the factory shows her love of colour, texture and form. She combines three different coloured clays with impressions of grass.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Mixed clays with impressed grasses
Brief description
Vase of mixed clays with impressed grasses, made by Francesca Lindh at Arabia, Helsinki, ca. 1983.
Physical description
Vase of mixed clays with impressed grasses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'F LINDH ARABIA' [impressed]
Subject depicted
Summary
Francesca Lindh was born to a Finnish-Italian family in Anversa degli Abruzzi, an Italian village known for its ceramics. She moved to Finland when she was 16 and began working at the Arabia ceramics factory.

This studio piece created at the factory shows her love of colour, texture and form. She combines three different coloured clays with impressions of grass.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 68 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.54-1988

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdSeptember 29, 2008
Record URL
Download as: JSON