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

Saucer

ca. 1946- ca.1948 (designed), 1949-1962 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red earthenware saucer, circular with central depression to take cup, covered with white zircon-based glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware with white zircon-based glaze
Brief description
Saucer, red earthenware with white zircon-based glaze, design probably after Otto Lindig, manufactured by Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Germany, 1949-1962.
Physical description
Red earthenware saucer, circular with central depression to take cup, covered with white zircon-based glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17cm
Marks and inscriptions
5-lobed line (Impressed)
Credit line
Gift of Ulrich Fiedler
Object history
The factory produced a series of designs "after Lindig". See C.251 to 255-1993.
Bibliographic references
  • Jutta Römer, Daniela Sannwald and Klaus Weber (eds.). Keramik und Bauhaus. Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989.
  • Jakobson, Hans-Peter. Otto Lindig: der Töpfer, 1895-1966. Exhibition catalogue. Gera: Museen der Stadt Gera, Museum für Kunsthandwerk / Karlsruhe : Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1990.
Collection
Accession number
C.91-1994

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Record createdNovember 26, 2008
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