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Praktika

Plate
1933 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Kåge, Wilhelm (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Earthenware plate with painted decoration of green banding around rim.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
TitlePraktika (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Painted
Brief description
Plate, part of a range 'Praktika', 'Weekend' pattern, designed by Wilhelm Kåge, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1933.
Physical description
Earthenware plate with painted decoration of green banding around rim.
Marks and inscriptions
'GUSTAVSBERG', an anchor and 'PRAKTIKA WEEKEND 4' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Given by Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman
Object history
Part of a range 'Praktika' [C.182 to D-1988, C.215-1985].
Bibliographic references
  • Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ISBN 1851770712.
  • Christopher Wilk (ed.). Modernism 1914-1939: designing a new world. London: V&A Publications, 2006. cat. no. 239, p. 370.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.215-1985

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
Record URL
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