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Forte

Cup and Saucer
1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware cup and saucer.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
TitleForte (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware
Brief description
'Forte' stoneware cup and saucer, part of a tableware range, designed by Jussi Ahola, made at Arabia, Helsinki, 1985.
Physical description
Stoneware cup and saucer.
Marks and inscriptions
A crown and 'ARABIA FINLAND FORTE OVEN TO TABLE DISHWASHER SAFE MICRO & FREEZER SAFE' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Given by the makers
Object history
Part of a range C.58 to 65-1987
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 69 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.59&A-1987

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2008
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