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Tureen and Cover

ca. 1916 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware tureen and cover with painted decoration of bands and leaves in underglaze blue on a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tureen Cover
  • Tureen Body
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration in underglaze blue
Brief description
Tureen and cover, earthenware with painted decoration in underglaze blue, designed by Edgar Böckman, manufactured by Höganås, Sweden, ca. 1916.
Physical description
Earthenware tureen and cover with painted decoration of bands and leaves in underglaze blue on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Width: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HB' on either side of an anchor (Printed in blue)
  • 'HÖGANÅS' (Printed in blue)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 106 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.2&A-1988

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Record createdOctober 1, 2008
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