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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1900 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain cup and saucer with moulded dragonflies, decorated with underglaze colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with moulded and underglaze decoration
Brief description
Cup and saucer, part of a tea range, porcelain with moulded dragonflies decoration painted in underglaze colours, designed by Alf Wallander, manufactured by Rörstrand, Sweden, ca. 1900.
Physical description
Porcelain cup and saucer with moulded dragonflies, decorated with underglaze colours.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'RÖRSTRAND' and three crowns (Printed in brown)
  • 'MA C BO' and [Indistinct impression] (Impressed)
Credit line
Given anonymously
Object history
Part of a tea range [C.102 to F-1988].
Production
In production for about 20 years
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 106 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.102D&E-1988

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Record createdOctober 1, 2008
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