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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Blue lily

Coffee Pot and Lid
1917 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

High-fired earthenware coffee pot and lid with transfer-printed decoration of a flower motif in underglaze blue on a grey/blue ground. Model KG.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • Coffee Pot Cover
Titles
  • Blue lily (series title)
  • Liljeblå (generic title)
Materials and techniques
High-fired earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Brief description
Coffee pot and lid, part of a tableware range 'Liljeblå' (Blue lily), high-fired earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, designed by Wilhelm Kåge, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1917.
Physical description
High-fired earthenware coffee pot and lid with transfer-printed decoration of a flower motif in underglaze blue on a grey/blue ground. Model KG.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
Object history
Part of a tableware range 'Liljeblå' (Blue lily), C.190 to B-1986.
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.190A&B-1986

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
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