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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Pouch

Vase
ca. 1950 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White stoneware vase of pear-shaped body and partly cut away, covered with matt colourless glaze. Shape 283


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePouch (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with matt colourless glaze
Brief description
Vase 'Pungo' (Pouch), white stoneware with matt colourless glaze, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, ca. 1950.
Physical description
White stoneware vase of pear-shaped body and partly cut away, covered with matt colourless glaze. Shape 283
Marks and inscriptions
'GUSTAVSBERG', an anchor and 'SWEDEN' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
One of a pair of vases 'Pungo' (Pouch) [Circ.136&A-1954)].
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 112 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.136A-1954

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Record createdOctober 8, 2008
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