Ballade
Pot and Cover
1977 (designed), ca. 1987 (made)
1977 (designed), ca. 1987 (made)
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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.
The glögg set 'Ballade' was factory-made after an original studio work created by Enger. Glögg is type of spiced wine, a traditional winter drink in Scandinavia. Included in the set are a ladle for serving and mugs for drinking.
The other pieces from this set held by the V&A are numbers C.148B, C.148C and C.148D-1987: a ladle and two mugs.
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.
The glögg set 'Ballade' was factory-made after an original studio work created by Enger. Glögg is type of spiced wine, a traditional winter drink in Scandinavia. Included in the set are a ladle for serving and mugs for drinking.
The other pieces from this set held by the V&A are numbers C.148B, C.148C and C.148D-1987: a ladle and two mugs.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Ballade (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with painted decoration |
| Brief description | 'Ballade' stoneware pot and cover, part of a glögg set, with painted decoration of repeated ripple patterns, designed by Leif Helge Enger 1977, made by Porsgrund, Porsgrunn, ca. 1987. |
| Physical description | Stoneware pot and cover with painted decoration. |
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| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | Part of a set C.148&A to D-1987 |
| 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. The glögg set 'Ballade' was factory-made after an original studio work created by Enger. Glögg is type of spiced wine, a traditional winter drink in Scandinavia. Included in the set are a ladle for serving and mugs for drinking. The other pieces from this set held by the V&A are numbers C.148B, C.148C and C.148D-1987: a ladle and two mugs. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 91 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | C.148&A-1987 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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