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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Röd Kant

Plate
1968 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware large plate, shape 'Åttkant (Eight edge), with screenprinted decoration of a band of red around the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRöd Kant (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with screenprinted decoration
Brief description
'Röd Kant' (Red edge) earthenware large plate, part of a tableware range, with screenprinted decoration of a band of red around the rim, designed by Karin Björquist 1968, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Physical description
Earthenware large plate, shape 'Åttkant (Eight edge), with screenprinted decoration of a band of red around the rim.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'RÖD KANT DESIGN K. BJÖRQUIST DESIGN' around 'GUSTAVSBERG' and an anchor [all within a circle] (Printed in red)
  • 'FLINTGODS V D N F555 MADE IN SWEDEN' [within a rectangle] (Printed in red)
Credit line
Given by Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman
Object history
Part of range C.213, 214-1985, C.143, 144-1986
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 119 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.144-1986

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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