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Caprifolium

Coffee Cup and Saucer
1985 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bone china coffee cup and saucer, model BA, with printed decoration of honeysuckle in pink, greens and yellow.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
TitleCaprifolium (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china with printed decoration
Brief description
'Caprifolium' bone coffee cup and saucer, part of a tableware range, with printed decoration of honeysuckle in pink, greens and yellow, shape designed by Karin Björquist, decoration designed by Lena Boije 1985, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Physical description
Bone china coffee cup and saucer, model BA, with printed decoration of honeysuckle in pink, greens and yellow.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BONE CHINA MADE IN SWEDEN CAPRIFOLIUM DECOR' and 'LENA BOIJE' [in script within a lozenge] and 'GUSTAVSBERG' and an anchor (Printed in green)
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG', an anchor and 'SWEDEN 863' [impressed]
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a range C.190&A to D-1987
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 123 p., ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.190C&D-1987

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
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