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Vase

ca.1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Globular ribbed earthenware body with a trumpet shaped neck and flat circular rim and foot, covered in a shaded grey blue glaze. Shape D 65; decoration no. 539.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
earthenware with a blue/grey glaze
Brief description
Earthenware ribbed vase with grey/blue glaze, designed by Ewald Dahlskog, made by Bo Fajans ca.1930 Sweden
Physical description
Globular ribbed earthenware body with a trumpet shaped neck and flat circular rim and foot, covered in a shaded grey blue glaze. Shape D 65; decoration no. 539.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.3cm
  • Diameter: 13.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BO / SWEDEN GEFLE' (impressed)
  • 'D65-539' (painted in black, this mark refers to the shape and decoration)
  • 'ED-9' (painted in blue)
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 108 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.173-1986

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2008
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