Dish
1965 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Porsgrund was Norway's first and largest manufacturer of porcelains. Founded in 1885, it continues to produce ceramics today.
Leif Helge Enger became a full-time designer at Porsgrund in 1964. He designed for mass-production as well as creating studio works, and was equally comfortable working with fine porcelain or rough stoneware.
This speckled stoneware dish was created as a studio piece by Enger at Porsgrund. It was later used as a model for factory production.
Leif Helge Enger became a full-time designer at Porsgrund in 1964. He designed for mass-production as well as creating studio works, and was equally comfortable working with fine porcelain or rough stoneware.
This speckled stoneware dish was created as a studio piece by Enger at Porsgrund. It was later used as a model for factory production.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with speckled glaze and painted decoration |
| Brief description | Stoneware dish with speckled glaze and painted decoration in blue, made by Leif Helge Enger at Porsgrund, Norway, 1965. |
| Physical description | Stoneware dish with speckled glaze and painted decoration in blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'LEIF NORWAY' (Signed in black) |
| Gallery label | Dish
Made by Leif Helge Enger, at Porsgrund, Porsgrunn, Norway 1965
Marks: 'Leif Norway' signed in black
Stoneware, hand painted
C.133-1988 Given by the maker
This dish is a prototype for later production wares, including the Glögg set nearby(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | This dish is a prototype for later production wares, including the Glögg set nearby. |
| Summary | Porsgrund was Norway's first and largest manufacturer of porcelains. Founded in 1885, it continues to produce ceramics today. Leif Helge Enger became a full-time designer at Porsgrund in 1964. He designed for mass-production as well as creating studio works, and was equally comfortable working with fine porcelain or rough stoneware. This speckled stoneware dish was created as a studio piece by Enger at Porsgrund. It was later used as a model for factory production. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 91 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.133-1988 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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