Ruska
Coffee Pot and Lid
1960 (designed), 1986-1987 (made)
1960 (designed), 1986-1987 (made)
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Stoneware coffee pot and lid with mottled brown glaze.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Ruska (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with mottled brown glaze |
| Brief description | 'Ruska' coffee pot and lid, part of a tableware range, stoneware with mottled brown glaze, designed by Ulla Procopé 1960, made by Arabia, Finland, 1986-1987. |
| Physical description | Stoneware coffee pot and lid with mottled brown glaze. |
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| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | Part of a range Circ.453 to 457-1969, C.49-1988. 'Ruska' is still in production today and is among Arabia's most successful lines, mottled stoneware glaze gives each piece an Individual hand made appearance, as in the highly sophisticated and well conceived shapes. |
| Historical context | The concept of 'Oven-to-table' ware emerged in the late 1950s. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 66 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | C.49&A-1988 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2008 |
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