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Kilta

Cup and Saucer
1948 (designed), 1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arabia Factory (maker)
Franck, Kaj (designer)
Place of origin
Helsinki (made)

Cup and saucer of earthenware with a black glaze.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tableware & Cutlery
Interiors
Household Objects
Shekou
Values of Design
Design Society
Object type
Cup and saucer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
TitleKilta (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with coloured glaze
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Kilta (Guild) cup and saucer of earthenware with a black glaze, part of a series of dishes, designed by Kaj Franck 1948, made by Arabia, Finland, 1957, in production 1952-1974.
Physical description
Cup and saucer of earthenware with a black glaze.
Dimensions
  • CIR c.34 1964 height: 8.2cm (Note: Cup)
  • CIR c.34 1964 width: 10.6cm (Note: Cup)
  • CIR c.34 1964 depth: 6.1cm (Note: Cup)
  • CIR c.34 a 1964 height: 2.4cm (Note: Saucer)
  • CIR c.34 a 1964 diameter: 15cm (Note: Saucer)
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crown and 'ARABIA MADE IN FINLAND' (Printed in yellow/brown on white or white on coloured glazes.)
  • 'UUNI UGN OVEN' and an oven door shape with radiating lines (Printed in green on white or white on coloured glazes.)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a series Circ.26, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 48, 49-1964.

The 'Kilta' earthenware range was launched in 1952 by Kaj Franck and issued in a limited number of colours-white, black, green, blue and yellow. In the post-war austerity this earthenware range was intended to be a basic and inexpensive everyday ware. It was designed to be once-fired thereby keeping the production costs to a minimum. Kaj Franck's designs used basic geometric forms-squares, spheres, cones etc. He intended the small shapes to have more than one purpose and be anonymous enough so that they could be used not only with Kilta series but with other designs as well.
Production
In production 1952-1974
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 63 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.34&A-1964

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Record createdDecember 17, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O141908/kilta-cup-and-saucer-franck-kaj/
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