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Lancet blade

Dish
ca.1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware bowl with white tin glaze and painted decoration in greens and black.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Lancet blade (manufacturer's title)
  • Lansettblad (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
'Lansettblad' (Lancet Blade) dish, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1942.
Physical description
Earthenware bowl with white tin glaze and painted decoration in greens and black.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G' and a hand (Painted in blue)
  • 'SWEDEN 168 [indistinct]' (Painted in blue)
  • 'E.10' (Painted in blue)
  • V-shape (Painted in yellow)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish 'Lansettblad (Lancet Blade)'
Designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden 1951
Marks: 'G' and a hand, ' Sweden 168 (indistinct), 'E.10', painted in blue, a V-shape painted in yellow
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted

Circ.134-1954 Given by the maker
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 114 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.134-1954

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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