Plus
Teapot
1970-1977 (made), 1969 (designed)
1970-1977 (made), 1969 (designed)
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Teapot and cover of 'Plus' shape and 'Mondial' pattern. Bulbous shaped with stalk-like lid. White body with bright orange spots round base and orange lid. (One colour sprayed lid.)
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with on-glaze silk-screen transfer printing ("slide off") |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover of 'Plus' shape and 'Mondial' pattern, porcelain with on-glaze silk-screen transfer printing ("slide off") in orange; shape designed by Wolf Karnagel, decoration designed by Rosemonde Nairac, manufactured by Rosenthal AG (at Rothbühl Factory, Selb), Germany, pattern designed in 1969, in production 1970-77. |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of 'Plus' shape and 'Mondial' pattern. Bulbous shaped with stalk-like lid. White body with bright orange spots round base and orange lid. (One colour sprayed lid.) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rosenthal / studio-linie / +GERMANY / >plus<' and crossed swords and crown, printed in green |
| Credit line | Given by Rosemonde Nairac |
| Object history | Shown Hanover Spring Trade Fair 1997 and at the Concorso Internazionale di Ceramica, Faenza 1971 (and in catalogue). The Plus range was designed to be mixed with brown-glazed ceramic pieces. The information about the design and manufacture was supplied by the donor at the time of the gift. A body of archival material was also acquired by the Archive of Art and Design at the same time as this group of ceramics. |
| Production | Made at Rothbühl Factory, Selb, Germany. In production 1970-1977. |
| Bibliographic reference | See Subject and Object Information Files. |
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| Accession number | C.116:1, 2-1997 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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