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

Argenta

Vase
ca. 1930-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware vase of cylindrical body with straight mouth and low foot, covered with green glaze and decorated with a female figure playing a stringed instrument in silver, inlaid.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArgenta (series title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware inlaid with silver
Brief description
Vase 'Argenta' series, stoneware inlaid with silver, designed by Wilhelm Kåge, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1930-1940.
Physical description
Stoneware vase of cylindrical body with straight mouth and low foot, covered with green glaze and decorated with a female figure playing a stringed instrument in silver, inlaid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ARGENTA 979' (Printed in silver)
  • 'GUSTAFSBERG', an anchor and 'KÅGE HANDDREAJAD Y' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.129-1984

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
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