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

Plate

1950-1960 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Hutschenreuther Factory (maker)
Fornasetti, Piero (designer)
Place of origin
Milan (designed)

Hard paste porcelain plate, without edge rim but with foot rim. Black printed decoration in 'op-art' style; view down a chequer board cylinder with a black circle at the centre.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Hard paste porcelain with printed and gilded decoration
Porcelain
Printed
Gilded
Brief description
Plate, hard paste porcelain with printed and gilded decoration, blank made by Hutschenreuter, designed by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950-1960.
Physical description
Hard paste porcelain plate, without edge rim but with foot rim. Black printed decoration in 'op-art' style; view down a chequer board cylinder with a black circle at the centre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A hand holding a brush dipped in paint and 'EGOCENTRISMO' (Overpainted in black)
  • '5' (Overpainted in black)
  • 'FORNASETTI - MILANO, MADE IN ITALY' (Overpainted in black)
  • A crown / HUTSCHENREUTER / ARZBERG - BAVARIA / GERMANY (Printed in green)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.66-1985

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Record createdOctober 20, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O170022/plate-fornasetti-piero/
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