On display

Jug and Cover

ca. 1940 (designed), 1956-1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware hot water jug and cover with white tin glaze and painted black lines.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jug Body
  • Jug Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Hot water jug and cover, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, designed by Stig Lindberg about 1940, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, about 1956-1957.
Physical description
Earthenware hot water jug and cover with white tin glaze and painted black lines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ST' (Impressed)
  • 'Sweden VI.7-100 G' and a hand (Painted in blue)
  • A star (Painted in red)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Hot water jug
Designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden about 1940 (made about 1956-7)
Marks: 'ST' impressed 'Sweden VI.7-100 G' and a hand, painted in blue a star painted in red
Tin-glazed earthenware, with painted decoration

C.235B&C-1985

Accompanies a cane-handled teapot in the same pattern
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Accompanies a cane-handled teapot in the same pattern.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 110 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Other number
C.20904 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
C.235B&C-1985

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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