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Coffee Pot and Lid

1924 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Lidköping (manufacturer)
Forseth, Einar (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Porcelain coffee pot and lid with printed decoration of stars in red and gold.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Coffee pot and lid
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • Coffee Pot Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with printed decoration
Porcelain
Printed
Brief description
Coffee pot and lid, part of a coffee range, porcelain with printed decoration, designed by Einar Forseth, manufactured by Lidköping, Sweden, 1924.
Physical description
Porcelain coffee pot and lid with printed decoration of stars in red and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ALP' within a shield surmounted by three stars and 'LIDKÖPING 24' (Printed in green)
  • 'DV' (Incised)
  • 'FO./N' (Painted in gold)
Object history
Part of a coffee range [C.1 to D-1988].
Subject depicted
Stars
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 107 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1&A-1988

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168371/coffee-pot-and-forseth-einar/
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