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ca. 1955 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware plate with silk-screened transfer-printed decoration in blue on a light blue/white ground. The decoration depicts a couple in a boat on water holding a box filled with lobster, surrounding them is a field of trees and flowers. The perimeter of the plate is decorated with a border of foliage.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with silkscreened decoration
Brief description
Stoneware plate with silk-screened transfer-printed decoration in blue on a light blue/white ground, decoration designed by Kari Nyquist, made by Stavangerflint, Stavanger, ca. 1955.
Physical description
Stoneware plate with silk-screened transfer-printed decoration in blue on a light blue/white ground. The decoration depicts a couple in a boat on water holding a box filled with lobster, surrounding them is a field of trees and flowers. The perimeter of the plate is decorated with a border of foliage.
Dimensions
  • Width: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
'STAVANGERFLINT', a hammer and 'NORWAY KARI' (Printed in blue)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Plate
Designed by Kari Nyquist, made by Stavangerflint, Stavanger, Norway about 1955
Marks: 'Stavangerflint', a hammer and 'Norway Kari' printed in blue
Stoneware with silkscreened decoration

Circ.167-1960 Given by J. Wuidart & Co

J Wuidart & Co were importers of ceramics and glass
Credit line
Given by J. Wuidart & Co.
Object history
Part of range Circ.167, 168-1960

J Wuidart & Co were importers of ceramics and glass.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 90 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.167-1960

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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