Bottle
1985 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Arabia ceramics factory was founded in 1873 near Helsinki. It was established by the Swedish company Rorstrand to enable them to take advantage of lower import duties for Russian markets, but was sold off to a Finnish company by 1916.
In the 1930s, an Art Department was founded at Arabia under the leadership of artistic director Kurt Ekholm. Though sometimes the artists contributed designs for production pieces, they also created hand-made studio ceramics. These studio ceramics were included in world exhibitions and competitions, boosting the factories' reputations and doing much to foster the international fame of Scandinavian design.
Pekka Paikkari joined Arabia in 1983. This bottle and its partner (C.56-1988) were included in Paikkari's exhibition 'Varjoostuksia' held at the factory's own gallery in 1985.
In the 1930s, an Art Department was founded at Arabia under the leadership of artistic director Kurt Ekholm. Though sometimes the artists contributed designs for production pieces, they also created hand-made studio ceramics. These studio ceramics were included in world exhibitions and competitions, boosting the factories' reputations and doing much to foster the international fame of Scandinavian design.
Pekka Paikkari joined Arabia in 1983. This bottle and its partner (C.56-1988) were included in Paikkari's exhibition 'Varjoostuksia' held at the factory's own gallery in 1985.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, sprayed with speckled glazing |
| Brief description | One of two bottles of porcellaneous white stoneware, thrown and formed with spray brown/black glazes, made by Pekka Paikkari at Arabia, Helsinki, Finland, 1985. |
| Physical description | One of two bottles of white stoneware, thrown and formed with spray brown/black glazes. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'PEKKA' (Incised) |
| Production | Made by Pekka Paikkari at Arabia |
| Summary | The Arabia ceramics factory was founded in 1873 near Helsinki. It was established by the Swedish company Rorstrand to enable them to take advantage of lower import duties for Russian markets, but was sold off to a Finnish company by 1916. In the 1930s, an Art Department was founded at Arabia under the leadership of artistic director Kurt Ekholm. Though sometimes the artists contributed designs for production pieces, they also created hand-made studio ceramics. These studio ceramics were included in world exhibitions and competitions, boosting the factories' reputations and doing much to foster the international fame of Scandinavian design. Pekka Paikkari joined Arabia in 1983. This bottle and its partner (C.56-1988) were included in Paikkari's exhibition 'Varjoostuksia' held at the factory's own gallery in 1985. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 69 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.56A-1988 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2008 |
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