On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

ca. 1900 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Rörstrand (manufacturer)
Wallander, Alf (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Porcelain vase decorated with flowers. Purchased from Maison Bing, Paris, 1900.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with painted decoration modelled in slight relief and pierced
Porcelain
Relief
Pierced
Painted
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with pansies modelled in slight relief, pierced and painted, probably designed by Alf Wallander, manufactured by Rörstrand, Sweden, ca. 1900.
Physical description
Porcelain vase decorated with pansies modelled in slight relief, pierced and painted in blue and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JS' (Incised)
  • '337 [indistinct]' (Impressed)
Gallery label
VASE

Rörstrand

Manufacturer

Attributed to
AlfWallander (1862-1914)

Designer

Sweden (Stockholm):

about 1900

Porcelain, modelled,

pierced and painted

1694-1900

This vase was bought from Siegfried Bing's shop L'Art Nouveau in Paris, the specialist retailer in the most exclusive and sought after of the new arts. Alf Wallander was a designer in many fields - ceramics, glass, textiles, metalwork and furniture and was appointed artistic director at Rörstrand in 1895. He was responsible for a wide range of modelled shapes for Rörstrand in both porcelain and stoneware, useful and decorative wares. The factory's display of his work in the Paris 1900 Exhibition was awarded a Grand Prix.
Subject depicted
Flowers, Pansies
Summary
Porcelain vase decorated with flowers. Purchased from Maison Bing, Paris, 1900.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 105 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1694-1900

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Record createdSeptember 4, 2006
Record URL
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