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

Facet

Vase
1982 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase, oval in section, relief moulded and with underglaze painted decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFacet (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with relief moulded and underglaze painted decoration
Brief description
Vase, part of table and decorative ware 'Facet' series, porcelain with relief moulded and underglaze painted decoration, designed by Bodil Manz, manufactured by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, 1982.
Physical description
Porcelain vase, oval in section, relief moulded and with underglaze painted decoration.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three towers and 'B&G COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN BING & GRØNDAHL DENMARK DESIGN' (Printed in black)
  • 'BODIL MANZ' (Printed in underglaze blue)
  • '1840.5514' (Printed pattern shape number)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of table and decorative ware 'Facet' series [C.142 to R-1987].
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 47 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.142G-1987

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2008
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