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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1977 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware bowl with rounded sides and straight rim and with resist decoration and speckled grey glaze.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with slip-glaze and resist pattern
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware with slip-glaze and resist pattern, designed by Alev Siesbye, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1977.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with rounded sides and straight rim and with resist decoration and speckled grey glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Copy number
229 of 500
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three wavy lines and '22. 655' (Printed in blue)
  • 'ALEV/500' (Printed in blue)
  • '229' (Painted in blue)
Gallery label
Bowl Designed by Alev Siesbye, made by Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1977 Marks: three wavy lines and '22.655.Alev/500' printed in blue 229 painted in blue Stoneware, with slip-glaze and resist pattern C.130-1986 Given by the maker(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 47 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.130-1986

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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