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

Fennia

Vase
1900-1902 (designed), 1902- early 1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cast white earthenware vase, cylindrical with a wider circular foot, decoration of geometric patterns including diamond shapes printed and hand-painted in overglaze red, black, yellow, buff and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFennia (series title)
Materials and techniques
Cast earthenware with printed and painted decoration in overglaze colours
Brief description
'Fennia' vase, cast earthenware with printed and painted decoration in overglaze colours, made by the Arabia Factory, Finland, 1902- early 1920s.
Physical description
Cast white earthenware vase, cylindrical with a wider circular foot, decoration of geometric patterns including diamond shapes printed and hand-painted in overglaze red, black, yellow, buff and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • At rim diameter: 4.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MADE IN FINLAND ARABIA' (Printed in red)
  • 'ARABIA DM 33 KS 4 A/2 TY/' (Impressed)
Gallery label
VASE FROM THE 'FENNIA' SERIES Earthenware with printed and painted decoration FINNISH: designed 1900-02 by unidentified artist, made by Arabia; in production from 1902. The range was discontinued in the early 1920s.
Object history
The 'Fennia' range was the result of an order for decorative patterns designed by a "famous Finnish artist" placed in 1900 by an American importer. The artist has never been identified although there has been much unfounded speculation that he might have been one of the three most famous Finnish architects of the time, Armas.

Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen or Herman Gesellius. In 1914 thirty designs in this range were in production; the range was discontinued in the early 1920s.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Accession number
C.29-1990

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Record createdDecember 31, 2003
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